@datadef
Building tools I wish I had as a data engineer.
I’m a senior IT and data consultant with a passion for building tools that make engineers’ lives easier. After years of seeing data teams struggle with documentation and lineage, I decided to create Datadef to simplify the process. I love turning real-world pain points into practical solutions that save time and reduce frustration
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2d ago · 13 min read · Introduction GitHub Apps are a great way to automate repository workflows: label new issues, react to pull requests, sync repository metadata, enforce internal policies, or trigger deployments. Most GitHub Apps are event-driven, which means your app ...
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Dec 29, 2025 · 5 min read · I spent the last few days building a ChatGPT App for Datadef. The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is powerful—it basically lets you turn ChatGPT into a host for your own interactive apps—but the documentation is still a bit scattered. This is a breakdow...
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Dec 1, 2025 · 10 min read · The call came at 5:14 AM. A bearing on production line 7 had failed, and the plant manager wanted to know why our "predictive maintenance system" hadn't caught it. I spent the next four hours tracing data from the dashboard back through our pipelines...
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Sep 25, 2025 · 4 min read · Ready to build data lineage diagrams that actually get used? This release is all about getting you and your team productive instantly. We've shipped production-ready templates, made drawing as intuitive as Draw.io, and created a dashboard experience ...
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