Data Modelling Explained: Star Schemas That Don't Break | From Excel to Product (Ep. 3)
Jun 29, 2026
Most data models fall apart the moment real questions hit them. Here's how to model data for humans — so it lasts.
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Episode 3 of "From Excel to Product." The data's clean — now we design a model analysts and tools can actually use:
- Why flat spreadsheets don't scale to real questions
- Facts vs dimensions, explained simply
- Designing a star schema over the pharma dataset
- Fixing data types to save memory and pain
Chapters:
0:00 Fixing the fact table types
5:09 Keys & dimensions
10:16 Scale without big data
Saiku (open source): https://github.com/spiculedata/saiku
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