Writing

Thoughts on data democratization, software engineering, and biotech innovation.

Data science (14)

• Data Stewards vs. Data Scientists: Why Biotech Needs Both (But Hires Only One) - November 03, 2025

• The Data Layer Guardrails Are The Key To Scalable Self-Service - October 30, 2025

• The Success Criteria Question: Why I Don’t Start with Requirements - October 27, 2025

• Why Every Series A Biotech Hits the Same Data Wall - October 23, 2025

• Force Multiplication Through Simple Solutions - September 22, 2025

• The Self-Service Data Paradox: Why Good Tools Create More Questions Than Answers - September 15, 2025

• Where Data Goes to Die (And How to Save It) - August 28, 2025

• The One Question That Changed How I Build Tools - August 18, 2025

• Why Every Biotech Needs a Data Steward - August 04, 2025

• Reactive vs Proactive Bioinformatics - July 28, 2025

• The Bioinformatics Triangle: Memory, Elegance, and Speed 🧬 - July 15, 2025

• The Power of Strategic Data Infrastructure - July 13, 2025

• Enabling non-technical Users - July 03, 2025

• A Case for Data Democratization - July 01, 2025

Software engineering (8)

• The Strategic Value of Simple Solutions - November 10, 2025

• Your POC Is Not A Platform - October 20, 2025

• The API Strategy Gap in Research - September 29, 2025

• Every ‘quick fix’ in research code is a future investment decision - September 18, 2025

• The Engineering Report That Never Gets Written - August 25, 2025

• The Post-Mortem No One Wants to Do (But Everyone Should) - August 21, 2025

• The Software Engineering Principle No One Teaches In Bioinformatics - August 07, 2025

• Code Review Culture in Research Labs - July 18, 2025

Career development (4)

• Managing Up Isn’t About Office Politics - September 11, 2025

• Team Building Isn’t About Trust Falls - September 08, 2025

• The Art of Saying No (Without Losing Friends) - September 04, 2025

• How to Turn Stakeholders from Obstacles into Advocates - September 02, 2025

Data engineering (3)

• The Universal Pattern Behind Scalable Data Systems - October 16, 2025

• Multi-Source Data Integration - October 06, 2025

• Managing Data Engineering Consultants Across 4 Time Zones: What Actually Worked - October 02, 2025

Research (5)

• The Power of Listening Across Teams - July 31, 2025

• Design Docs for Bioinformatics - July 24, 2025

• Code Review Culture in Research Labs - July 18, 2025

• The Bioinformatics Triangle: Memory, Elegance, and Speed 🧬 - July 15, 2025

• Why Computational Biologists Need Lab Notebooks - July 10, 2025

Biotech (4)

• Change Management in small biotech: The ‘slow down to speed up’ paradox - September 25, 2025

• The Hidden Bottleneck in AI-Driven Drug Design - August 11, 2025

• Build vs Buy in Biotech - July 21, 2025

• The Power of Strategic Data Infrastructure - July 13, 2025

Project management (1)

• The Sphere of Influence in Project Management - October 09, 2025