Blog posts and case studies on software architecture, data engineering, and AI from an independent consultant based in Cologne.https://www.david-schenk.com/enhttps://www.david-schenk.com/blog/what-are-we-trying-to-achieve/https://www.david-schenk.com/blog/what-are-we-trying-to-achieve/Why chasing the next technology hype is a trap — and why the right technology decision starts with the question nobody likes to ask.Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.david-schenk.com/blog/how-data-passion-began/https://www.david-schenk.com/blog/how-data-passion-began/How analyzing faults at Deutsche Telekom in Bonn — and a perceptron trained in 2015 — turned into a lasting passion for turning data into real value.Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.david-schenk.com/blog/hello-world/https://www.david-schenk.com/blog/hello-world/A long-overdue first post on why the tech guy who builds for everyone else finally built something for himself.Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.david-schenk.com/case-studies/analytics-agent-poc/https://www.david-schenk.com/case-studies/analytics-agent-poc/A lean prototype measured that for cents per analysis and kept the budget out of the wrong investment.Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.david-schenk.com/case-studies/serverless-iot-data-platform/https://www.david-schenk.com/case-studies/serverless-iot-data-platform/Designed and built a lean, serverless data platform that lets a smart-buildings IoT company store and analyze terabytes of sensor data at a near-trivial running cost — and gave their team a developer workflow that spins up new data projects in minutes.Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT