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Ch 9 - Counting and Aggregation: Controlling the Grain
Chapter 9 of Mixed Model Arts
Mar 21 • Joe Reis
Ch 8 - Grain: Getting the Level Right
Ch. 8 of Mixed Model Arts
Mar 17 • Joe Reis
Ch 7 - Relationships: Tying It Together
Chapter 7 of Mixed Model Arts
Mar 12 • Joe Reis
Ch 6 - Attributes: Describing the Entity
Chapter 6 of Mixed Model Arts
Mar 8 • Joe Reis
Ch 5 - Entities, Instances, and Identifiers
Chapter 5 of Mixed Model Arts
Mar 4 • Joe Reis
Ch 4 - Beyond Rows and Columns: The Five Forms of Data
Chapter 4 of Mixed Model Arts
Mar 2 • Joe Reis

February 2026

Ch 3 - No Free Lunch: The Debt, The Excuses, and The Reality of Data Modeling
Chapter 3 of Mixed Model Arts
Feb 25 • Joe Reis
Ch 2 - What Data Modeling Is and Is Not
Chapter 2 (Revised) of Mixed Model Arts
Feb 23 • Joe Reis
The Organizational Crisis in Data Modeling: Why 89% of Engineers Are Struggling
And what's up the the other 11%?
Feb 20 • Joe Reis
Ch 1 - The Era of the Mixed Model Artist
Chapter 1 of Mixed Model Arts
Feb 18 • Joe Reis
Mixed Model Arts Defined
Excerpt from Chapter 1 - The Era of the Mixed Model Artist
Feb 17 • Joe Reis
The Organizational Dynamics and Politics of Data Modeling
Power, Politics, and People Matter FAR More Than You Think
Feb 4 • Joe Reis
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