As we transform our data ecosystem from on-premise SSIS and SQL Server stack to scalable cloud services , moving to Snowflake has become a key step in achieving the level of scalability, flexibility, and analytical power we need. This migration is not just about moving data or rewriting pipelines it represents
DutchRank is an open arena where Dutch speakers blind-test AI models head-to-head, turning gut feel about "which model sounds best in Dutch" into a real leaderboard.
Imagine your best location consultant could evaluate every candidate site simultaneously, explain every recommendation in plain English, and update its thinking the moment your strategy changes. That's SiteCraft. Built by DataChef, SiteCraft is a prescriptive location intelligence platform that tells multi-location businesses not just where they could open
There's a particular kind of engineering conversation I genuinely enjoy. Not the kind where someone brings a problem they already have the answer to and just wants you to nod along. I mean the kind where someone says something that makes you stop and reconsider what you thought
Product Management
Quick recap from my previous article: In high-performing product organizations, strategy and execution aren't split between different roles. Every product team needs someone who owns both the "why" an
An alternative to scale and direct legacy migration activities
claude
Claude is a tool. It helps us think faster and write code faster. But the developer is still in charge. The goal is simple: better code, clear thinking, and full responsibility. This document explains
DataChef is a big data consultancy based in Amsterdam. We help modern marketing and sales teams by demystifying data and simplifying information.
Imagine your data expert could answer every team's questions at once, without a single meeting. That's DANA. Built by DataChef, DANA is a conversational AI that learns from your domain experts, unders
If you maintain a dbt project long enough, you end up with a familiar problem: you can see what’s upstream of a model, but it is surprisingly hard to answer what is downstream in the real world. Which
Mention the Product Owner role to someone from a startup or scale-up background, and you'll likely get a blank stare. They'll probably google it later to figure out what you meant. On the contrary, pe
Something has fundamentally shifted in how we build software. A year ago, if you told us we'd ship a production web application, 8 major features, 11 releases, 17,000 lines of TypeScript across a full
Discovery and requirements gathering are among the most critical phases of data product management. Yet they're also among the most challenging. Too often, data teams fall into the trap of being order-takers, responding to ad-hoc requests rather than...
If you spend any time reading about product management online, you'll frequently encounter a piece of advice: saying no is the product manager's superpower. There are countless guides on how to say no, why to say no, and frameworks for saying no with...
For years, Business Intelligence has followed a familiar, often frustrating pattern. An executive has a question, an analyst hunts for the answer, engineers build data pipelines, and eventually—days or weeks later—a dashboard appears. By the time the...
You are being asked to make a long‑term bet on data architecture. Most conversations frame this as a choice between data lake and data mesh. Vendors, internal teams, and reference architectures encourage you to pick a side. 💡 “Data lake vs data mes...
For years, leaders have relied on dashboards and BI teams to understand what is happening in their organization. The rhythm has been familiar: you notice something unusual, ask someone to “pull a report,” and wait while the request moves through a ba...
Bringing a new colleague into DataChef has always felt a bit like welcoming someone into our kitchen. You want the place to feel warm and ready, and you want their first steps to feel smooth. For a long time, our onboarding process did not give that ...
Consider this paradox for a second: imagine studying grammar for a language that doesn’t exist. You know all the rules in theory, yet you can’t communicate with anyone. After attending Fast Flow Conference in London earlier this week, that metaphor c...
Introduction When monitoring applications and infrastructure, businesses usually choose between agent-based and non-agent based monitoring solutions. Some tools, such as Datadog or Splunk, can use agent-based approaches, while both also support non-a...