Entropy Data - Better Data Products with Data Contracts

We (Simon & Jochen) founded Entropy Data after working for many years as consultants with enterprises to build software systems that scale with methods such as Domain-driven Design, autonomous development teams, and self-contained system architectures, but data was never really part of the equation. When we started to use domain data to analyze our own backlog, it fundamentally changed the way we thought about data in software engineering. Data-driven decisions motivated us to build the right things. It created a purpose. It was an inflection point for us. So, we combined our existing knowledge in software engineering and data analytics to share our perspective of data mesh on datamesh-architecture.com. When we discussed data product management software with enterprise clients, we realized that existing tools, such as data catalogs, were not fitting well to data products and the UX was not exactly user-friendly. Business users and engineers avoided these tools. So, we created Entropy Data to help business and technical teams work with data products and discover data that was actually relevant for their business case in a user-friendly way, while always keeping the developer experience in mind.