David Lequin

This is the personal writing site of David Lequin, a data platform engineer. Posts are long-form and technical, typically built around a single question drawn from his day job. The site keeps a small footprint: a writing index, a short about page, and a contact link, with no newsletter funnel or product promotion.

The featured article examines whether a $150k Looker deployment can be replaced by static HTML dashboards served from a small internal host. It covers the initial side project, the hosting and sharing layer, per-dashboard cost estimates, and the decision framework between building and buying. Supporting sections address AI-generated dashboards and the broader claim that B2B SaaS is being displaced.

The material assumes familiarity with modern data stacks, including Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, Airbyte, DataHub, and Kubernetes. Data engineers, analytics leads, and engineering managers assessing BI spend will get the most from it; analysts looking for dashboard design guidance will not.

Read the piece end to end before drawing conclusions, since the cost figures and adoption numbers are specific to one company of roughly 500 people. Treat the estimates as a worked example rather than a general benchmark, and check the publication date, as the post is dated October 2026.