Northwind Research

The state of
data platform
operations 2026

48 pages Aug 2026

Free report

What 900 data teams told us about their week

An anonymous survey run in May and June, with the raw anonymised dataset published alongside it. No vendor scoring, no quadrants.

  • Median team spends 31% of the week on pipeline maintenance
  • Teams with a written on-call rota report half the burnout
  • Warehouse spend grew 42% while headcount stayed flat
  • Only 18% can name the owner of every production table

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The prompt

Build a gated content block with Tailwind CSS in two columns. The left column shows the asset: a rounded-xl bordered card angled slightly with a transform, containing a mock report cover — a small publisher line, a bold title over three lines, a thin rule, and a footer with a page count and year — with a second card peeking from behind it to suggest depth. The right column carries a small "Free report" label, a heading, a paragraph on what is inside, a bulleted list of four findings with check glyphs, an email field with a dark "Send me the report" button beneath it, and a two-line consent note in small text explaining exactly what the email will be used for and offering an alternative link to read it in the browser without giving an address. Keep the tone honest — the alternative link should be genuinely prominent, not hidden.

Paste it into Claude, Cursor, v0 or any AI coding tool. Prefer the finished markup? .