/tags/data-engineering/Recent content in Data-Engineering on Gaurav.devHugoen-US© 2026 Gaurav. Built with care and clean code.Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000/posts/data-platform-starts-with-metrics/Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000/posts/data-platform-starts-with-metrics/<p>Teams often buy a warehouse and a visualisation tool, connect every source, and discover that nobody agrees what the dashboard means. A useful data platform starts at the other end: the decisions people need to make.</p> <h2 id="map-questions-to-action">Map questions to action</h2> <p>List recurring decisions by audience. Which customers need attention? Which acquisition channel deserves budget? Is a release improving activation? For each, define the owner, cadence, action, and acceptable delay. This establishes valuable data products and realistic freshness requirements.</p>