Canonical URL: https://leandataengineer.com/blog/page/2/ Blog # Ideas on lean data engineering. Practical writing on simpler architectures, maintainable analytics systems, and choosing the right level of complexity for the problem in front of you. Showing 7 articles on page 2 of 2. Article ## [Why Order Management Tools Fail Small Distributors](https://leandataengineer.com/blog/why-order-management-tools-fail-small-distributors/) For many small wholesale distributors, the search for better operational visibility eventually leads to order management software. These systems promise inventory tracking, automated order… March 9, 2026 6 min read Alejandro Colocho Article ## [Dash vs Streamlit vs React for Data Applications](https://leandataengineer.com/blog/dash-vs-streamlit-vs-react-for-data-applications/) In many organizations data engineers eventually become the owners of dashboards that originally lived in BI tools like Power BI or Tableau. Over time the requirements for those dashboards… March 4, 2026 8 min read Alejandro Colocho Article ## [Analytic Tools for Wholesale Food Beverage Distributors](https://leandataengineer.com/blog/analytic-tools-for-wholesale-food-beverage-distributors/) Many wholesale food and beverage distributors assume analytics requires complex dashboards, expensive software, or a dedicated data team. That belief can lead to unnecessary cost and… March 1, 2026 6 min read Alejandro Colocho Article ## [How Data Engineering Teams Can Reduce Costs in 2026: 5 Practical Checks](https://leandataengineer.com/blog/how-data-engineering-teams-can-reduce-costs-in-2026-5-practical-checks/) A new year brings new challenges that will inevitably surface on your data engineering roadmap. The beginning of the year is a great moment to embrace lean data engineering principles and,… December 26, 2025 5 min read Alejandro Colocho Article ## [Five Reasons Why Postgres Should Be Your Data Warehouse in a Modern Data Stack](https://leandataengineer.com/blog/five-reasons-why-postgres-should-be-your-data-warehouse-in-a-modern-data-stack/) Many teams assume they need a cloud data warehouse such as Redshift, BigQuery, or Snowflake in order to build a modern data stack. This assumption leads to unnecessary complexity and cost,… December 1, 2025 4 min read Alejandro Colocho Article ## [The Lean Table Format](https://leandataengineer.com/blog/the-lean-table-format/) Hudi, Iceberg, and Delta are the hottest jargon in modern data lake design. They bring impressive capabilities to cloud object storage such as ACID transactions, schema evolution, time… November 24, 2025 5 min read Alejandro Colocho Article ## [Stop Paying for Distributed Frameworks You Don't Need](https://leandataengineer.com/blog/stop-paying-for-distributed-frameworks-you-don-t-need/) Every week, I come across teams running massive PySpark clusters to process datasets that could easily fit on a single machine. The result? Bloated AWS bills and a false sense of “future… November 24, 2025 6 min read Alejandro Colocho Page 2 of 2 [Previous](https://leandataengineer.com/blog/) [1](https://leandataengineer.com/blog/) 2 ## Related Markdown pages - [Why Order Management Tools Fail Small Distributors](https://leandataengineer.com/blog/why-order-management-tools-fail-small-distributors/index.md) - [Dash vs Streamlit vs React for Data Applications](https://leandataengineer.com/blog/dash-vs-streamlit-vs-react-for-data-applications/index.md) - [Analytic Tools for Wholesale Food Beverage Distributors](https://leandataengineer.com/blog/analytic-tools-for-wholesale-food-beverage-distributors/index.md) - [How Data Engineering Teams Can Reduce Costs in 2026: 5 Practical Checks](https://leandataengineer.com/blog/how-data-engineering-teams-can-reduce-costs-in-2026-5-practical-checks/index.md) - [Five Reasons Why Postgres Should Be Your Data Warehouse in a Modern Data Stack](https://leandataengineer.com/blog/five-reasons-why-postgres-should-be-your-data-warehouse-in-a-modern-data-stack/index.md) - [The Lean Table Format](https://leandataengineer.com/blog/the-lean-table-format/index.md) - [Stop Paying for Distributed Frameworks You Don't Need](https://leandataengineer.com/blog/stop-paying-for-distributed-frameworks-you-don-t-need/index.md) - [/blog/](https://leandataengineer.com/blog/index.md)