Dec 21, 2025
Dispersed, Lifecycle-Based Ownership Feels Right, and Fails in Practice
Dispersed, lifecycle-based data ownership sounds ideal. It promises clarity: data is maintained close to where it’s used, each domain owns the data it cares about, responsibilities shift smoothly from creation to maintenance, blocking, and archiving, and shared attributes are carefully guarded. On paper, it’s elegant and mature. In practice? It rarely works the way we imagine. This post reflects…
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