Your baby is ugly: how to build lineage that is easy to use and easy on the eyes | Lindsay Murphy

Published
September 14, 2024

Previously streamed live at MDS Fest

Your baby is ugly: how to build lineage that is easy to use and easy on the eyes, a talk by Lindsay Murphy, Head of Data, Secoda

Talk Description

This talk delves into the complexities of data lineage in a growing data-driven environment, emphasizing the importance of aesthetics and functionality in lineage tools to enhance team collaboration, compliance, and data quality. It outlines practical strategies for cleaning up messy lineage through effective data modeling, leveraging a semantic layer, and implementing automated workflows, ultimately demonstrating how these approaches can transform an incomprehensible data spaghetti into a valuable, well-organized system.