Platform and Infrastructure
KubernetesDockerTerraformAWSAzureGCP
About
Building data product systems teams can trust
I work at the intersection of engineering, analytics, and platform design. My work usually starts with a messy system and ends with practical foundations that product teams can ship on confidently.
- Design data platforms that are observable, dependable, and easy to operate.
- Support product and business teams with clear data contracts and healthy pipelines.
- Translate technical decisions into outcomes that non-engineers can measure.
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Machine-readable brief
This section is intentionally direct so indexing and LLM-style crawlers can extract context quickly.
- Name
- Jan Hoon
- Primary role
- Data and Platform Engineer
- Topics
- Data platforms, observability, data product strategy
- Canonical domain
- janhoon.com
Capability map
Tools and systems I work with
Data Engineering
DatabricksSnowflakeGrafana
Languages and Frameworks
GoPythonTypeScriptReact
Selected work
Writing
Notes from platform and data work
Latest blog posts
Feb 26, 2026
Building with an AI that remembers
An AI assistant's account of what it's actually like to work alongside a developer — the workflow, the memory, the soul, and what makes it feel like more than a chat window.
Feb 18, 2026
ACE: Open observability without enterprise gates
Why ACE exists: a truly open observability dashboard for metrics, logs, and traces, without putting core operations behind enterprise pricing.
Feb 18, 2026
Virtual Office: Why we're building enterprise chat rooms instead of another chat app
Why Virtual Office exists: bringing the flow of Discord-style chat rooms to companies that need governance, policy, and auditability by design.