Archive - The Data Letter

Operating Leaders: How JP Morgan Chase Showed the Rest of Us What AI Transformations Can Achieve (Part One)

A Financial Performance and AI Investment Analysis (2021-2026)

Published on Operating by John Brewton • 9 hrs ago

A Small Data Manifesto

How to choose simple solutions over complex data infrastructure

Jan 18 • Hodman Murad

AI Agent Starter Kit

Reliable AI agents with built-in cost tracking and debugging infrastructure

Jan 15 • Hodman Murad

Production Hell of AI Agents

Welcome to the Grind

Jan 11 • Hodman Murad

DIY Data Catalog Template

Implementing Scalable Metadata Management Without Vendor Lock-In

Jan 7 • Hodman Murad

I'm Building Something

Introducing Asaura AI

Jan 4 • Hodman Murad

December 2025

Data Catalog Implementation

Why 60,000 Tables Break Your Metadata Strategy

Dec 28, 2025 • Hodman Murad

‘It Works on My Laptop’ Is Not a Product Strategy

A Tale of Two Disciplines in Building Data Products

Dec 21, 2025 • Hodman Murad

How to Detect Model Drift When You Can’t Measure Performance

Implementing a Detection System with Statistical Methods and Business Metrics

Dec 17, 2025 • Hodman Murad

Your Company Doesn’t Do Machine Learning Operations. It Does Theater.

Okay, one more on this and then I’m done, I promise.

Dec 14, 2025 • Hodman Murad

The Machine Learning Reality Gap

A Practical Maturity Assessment

Dec 10, 2025 • Hodman Murad

Drivers of Inevitable Evolution

When Tactical Scripts Become Production Infrastructure

Dec 7, 2025 • Hodman Murad

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