Inside Data by Mikkel Dengsøe

Hands-on with an MCP for data quality

How an MCP combined with the right metadata and context can supercharge data quality workflows

Aug 26 • 

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Hundreds of actionable data quality guidelines

Building a collection of bite-sized guidelines for data teams – from testing to ownership and incident management best practices

Aug 18 • 

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July 2025

Using Omni’s AI Assistant on the Semantic Layer

Can modern data tools’ AI assistant replace analysts for self-serve or is there still some way to go?

Jul 18 • 

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Using AI to build a robust testing framework

Adding tests and monitors to dbt using Cursor, Claude, and dbt’s MCP server

Jul 11 • 

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Using AI for Data Modeling in dbt

From raw data to a semantic layer with Cursor and dbt’s Fusion engine

Jul 4 • 

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February 2025

Benchmark Your Data Team

What data from hundreds of top data teams tells us about team size, role distribution, data-to-engineer ratios, and salaries.

Feb 13 • 

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January 2025

A Guide for Building High-Quality Data Products

68 pages of best practices on defining data products, testing strategies, managing ownership, and measuring data quality

Jan 16 • 

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November 2024

The State of Data Testing in 2024: Why We Still Have Broken Windows

Two years ago, I shared an article called ‘Data tests and the broken windows theory’.

Nov 18, 2024 • 

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July 2024

How top data teams are structured

A deep dive into the ratio of data roles across insight, data engineering, and machine learning

Jul 29, 2024 • 

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June 2024

Is there a human in the loop

Why the cost of data issues increase tenfold without human intuition

Jun 13, 2024 • 

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May 2024

Data about data from 1,000 conversations with data teams

Since starting Synq two years ago, we’ve spoken to over 1,000 data teams. They have something to say about what’s on their minds.

May 14, 2024 • 

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March 2024

Why the 100x analyst doesn’t exist

Much has been written about the 10x – heck, 100x – engineer.

Mar 4, 2024 • 

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