Data Lake, Data Warehouse, LakeHouse, Data Mesh . . . what does it all mean and where do these things fit within a data architecture. The answer is . . . it depends! It depends on the industry, technology and even individual person that you ask.

As a serial startup employee turned data consultant, I've seen it all and I have so many thoughts about how these words fit together and what they mean in context of the business problems they are trying to solve. I'll walk through a brief history of data applications and development and try to break down how data architecture has changed, where we are currently and where the industry might be headed.