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Starlight Insights by Martin Carlsson
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Data management made easy
I just put the finishing touches on my new modern SQL style guide.

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> Modern, you say?
February 6, 2025 at 8:14 AM
🔒 INTRODUCING: Data Contracts
Your data team struggles with misalignment, unclear ownership, and inconsistent definitions—leading to endless debates with business stakeholders. Until now, blame games have been the default.
January 30, 2025 at 5:14 AM
TODAY, I’m open-sourcing the Starlight Data Warehouse Template—a complete CI/CD and Snowflake developer setup built for enterprise data warehouses.

And yes, it’s free to use—even for business use.

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TODAY, I’m open-sourcing the Starlight Data Warehouse Template—a complete CI/CD and Snowflake developer setup built for enterprise data warehouses. It’s…
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January 29, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Evaluating developer productivity by the number of lines of code added only works up to a certain level.
January 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🚨 Exciting News: My new article "The Trap of 95% Done" 💣 is now live!

As someone who has navigated through the deceptive "nearly done" stage in IT projects, I've shared my insights on how this common pitfall can hide deeper issues that lead to last-minute failures.
January 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🚀 Excited to share my latest article: "Carlsson's non-patented framework for a failing data department" - a candid look at why data departments falter and how to foresee and forestall these failures.
January 1, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Let's say you are a technical person, and you've just been asked by upper management...

🐢🐢🐢 Why is this IT project delayed? Why is IT so slow? 🐌🐌🐌

😕 Do you find it difficult to explain?
😡 Do you feel people get angry when you try to explain it?
December 27, 2024 at 11:53 AM
🚀 Big News Alert!

For the last three weeks, I've been on a mission: holed up at home, surviving on endless delivery meals, skipping social events, and dodging daylight—all to craft something extraordinary: The Starlight Data Framework 🌟
December 14, 2024 at 12:59 PM