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Drop Table is an independent news site focused on covering the modern data ecosystem. It was started by me, Matt Leonard; my day job is data engineer and in a past life I was a journalist covering beats like government IT and supply chain. On this site, I hope to combine those two skills to better understand – for myself and whoever reads this – what is happening with the tools and methods for moving and understanding data.

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