Roadmaps, Not Pipelines — Business‑Friendly Mapping from Sources to TargetsTurn your source‑to‑target mappings into living diagrams — automatically.Jaco van der Laan·Added 5d ago·5 min readJaco van der Laan·Added 5d ago·5 min read
Business-Friendly Mapping as a Collaboration ToolHow transparent mappings bridge the gap between business meaning and technical implementationJaco van der Laan·Added 5d ago·3 min readJaco van der Laan·Added 5d ago·3 min read
🚀 Why We Need a Business-Friendly Data Transformation ModelMoving beyond “models” and legacy modeling toolsJaco van der Laan·Added Oct 5·5 min readJaco van der Laan·Added Oct 5·5 min read
Rethinking EA Mapping: Building a Business-Friendly Mapping Capability with DuckDB, Python, and…From documentation to execution: how to reinvent EA Mapping with modern tools for business-friendly, metadata-driven data engineering.Jaco van der Laan·Added Oct 5·4 min readJaco van der Laan·Added Oct 5·4 min read
CrossModel Meets Model-Driven Data Engineering: A Modern Fit for Business-Friendly MappingHow CrossModel can enhance metadata-as-data, historization, and business-friendly mapping by integrating with DuckDB, Python, and Notion.Jaco van der Laan·Added Oct 4·4 min readJaco van der Laan·Added Oct 4·4 min read
Cooking with Data: Making ETL Clearer with Business-Friendly MappingA recipe for transparent transformations your stakeholders will trust.Jaco van der Laan·Added Oct 4·4 min readJaco van der Laan·Added Oct 4·4 min read
Business-Friendly Mapping Meets dbt: Virtualizing Logical Building Blocks into SQLA practical guide to connecting Business Friendly Mapping with dbt materializations, making pipelines both business-readable and…Jaco van der Laan·Added Oct 4·4 min readJaco van der Laan·Added Oct 4·4 min read
The Hidden Risk of Inline UNION ALL in SQL (and Better Alternatives)How to write safer, more maintainable queries.Jaco van der Laan·Added Oct 4·5 min readJaco van der Laan·Added Oct 4·5 min read
From Monolith to Modules: Optimizing Legacy SQL for Business-Friendly TransformationBreaking down old, complex SQL into modular, reusable building blocks — the crucial step toward business-friendly mapping and future-proof…Jaco van der Laan·Added Oct 4·3 min readJaco van der Laan·Added Oct 4·3 min read
Keeping UNION ALL Pure: Writing Clearer and Safer SQL QueriesBest practices for avoiding mistakes with UNION queries.Jaco van der Laan·Added Oct 4·5 min readJaco van der Laan·Added Oct 4·5 min read
