In the Practical Data Community 2026 survey (https://joereis.github.io/practical_data_data_eng_survey/), nearly 90% of respondents reported at least one data modeling pain point. That number was loud enough that I wanted to dig in further: who actually owns modeling, do teams have standards, what causes models to break down over time. Six questions. Takes about 90 seconds. I’ll be presenting findings at my keynote in Stockholm on May 7th. If you work with data models - building them, consuming them, cursing at them - take two minutes and add your signal.

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