BEAUTY

In simplicity

Passion in what you do, dedication in how you do it.

There is honesty in simplicity, whether in data management, photography, or cooking. Start from the fundamentals and let complexity grow naturally

  • Distributed Attribute Ownership Specification – Template

    Distributed Attribute Ownership Specification – Template

    What this describes: how ownership/responsibility for a single data attribute is distributed across multiple parties, and how that responsibility hands off as the attribute (or its governing lifecycle) moves through states. Fill in every ‹ › placeholder. Delete the guidance notes when done. 1. Identity Field Value Attribute ‹name of the attribute being governed› Type / shape ‹e.g.…

  • Differentiated VAT Won’t Break Anything

    Differentiated VAT Won’t Break Anything

    Every time differentiated VAT comes up, the same chorus predicts the apocalypse. Accountants drowning, shops seizing up, chaos erupting, the economy collapsing because, we’d apply more than one rate. It’s nonsense Multiple VAT rates are the global default. Germany, France, Sweden, nearly every country runs several rates at once and has for decades, on the…

  • Data Contract – Template

    Data Contract – Template

    How to use this. A data contract is an agreement between the people who produce a dataset and the people who consume it. It exists to replace assumption with accountability, not to generate paperwork. Fill the Minimum Viable Contract (sections 1–5) for every governed dataset. Add sections 6–9 only when the data’s scale, risk, or number of consumers…

  • I love you, you know that

    I love you, you know that

    but sometimesit feels like you’re lookingfor something to break like even on the good daysthere’s this momentwhere everything turns and I don’t always understand it I just stand theretrying to hold on to uswhile it slips and then somehowwe find each other again like we always do and I love that part toothe way you…