You may not have guessed it, my name is Bram. One of the things I do is architect data platforms and share opinionated takes on how they should actually work. Here you'll find real insights for real problems, not the usual vendor narrative. Whether you're scaling platforms, making strategic decisions, or questioning your current approach, there's something here worth your time. Because data engineering is a craft.
Building scalable foundations using Cloud Native principles and modern data stacks.
Custom pipeline development and high-throughput stream processing systems.
Bridging the gap between raw data and business decisions through governance and AI readiness.
An opinionated blog designed to challenge decision makers, inspire data professionals, and spark meaningful discussions on the future of data engineering.
Fourteen months after my Ben contract ended, the customer service system that held my passport number was breached. Five architectural decisions in that system shaped how the incident landed, and each is a pattern data professionals already follow.
How GDPR right to erasure interacts with the layered warehouse architecture, and why crypto-shredding with an anonymization tombstone resolves the tension between immutable Bronze and the legal obligation to forget.
GDPR personal data reaches well beyond names and emails, and ordinary fields can combine into Article 9 special-category data. Why that combination sensitivity has to be caught at ingestion design rather than in a later legal review.
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