I'm a huge fan of simple software. There's something really satisfying about solving a problem and reducing the number of moving parts. Most of the time, you'll find the tool you already have can do more than you thought.

Data catalogs shouldn't need an entire platform team to run them.

Marmot is an open source data catalog that just needs PostgreSQL - no Kafka, no Elasticsearch, no Airflow. A single binary, deployable in minutes, focused on simplicity for everyone.