Insights
Perspectives on upstream data infrastructure, A&D readiness, and what it actually takes to build a clean data asset in oil and gas.
Blog Posts
By John Wassilak
When your app database moonlights as your analytics store, it breaks. The signs an Oklahoma startup has outgrown its DIY database, and what to do next.
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Why the standalone data engineering team becomes a bottleneck, the alternatives by org size, and when to hire vs. bring in a consultant.
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ThoughtWorks moved Text to SQL to Hold. For upstream operators it's the right call, and a governed semantic layer is why.
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The analytics you can credibly run on an asset are bounded by what it measures. Buying above that line does not raise the ceiling.
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Every SCADA source falls into one of two access archetypes, decided by who administers the endpoint. The ingestion pattern follows from that.
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