Indie Runners: A Pipeline That Reads Race Websites
How indierunners.co turns about hundreds of race websites into structured answers.
I build data warehouses, pipelines and dashboards for teams that need reliable numbers without a large data department. Freelance, based in Berlin.
When I am not building data pipelines I am training for the next ultra. I write about both. Most recently: Spartathlon 2026, documented in the 246 series.
Work
All projectsWriting on data
All postsWorking with dbt in VS Code
A brief description of features from CSV Rainbow and dbt Power User, both extensions for VS Code
Cleaning Up Deprecated Models using dbt in Azure Synapse
Use custom macros to remove deprecated tables and views from your target schema
Pausing dbt Resources after Pipeline Retirement
A summary of three ideas on pausing dbt resources: leveraging the exclusion flag, disabling resources, and transforming models into analyses
Creating Date Dimensions using dbt in Azure Synapse: Custom Macros
A custom macro to create date dimensions when using the dbt-synapse adapter
Writing on running
All running posts
Spartathlon, part three
The last 76 kilometers of Spartathlon 2026, from Nestani to the statue of King Leonidas in Sparta
Spartathlon, part two
The night section of Spartathlon 2026, from the 100-kilometer mark through the Sangas pass to Nestani
Spartathlon, part one
The first 100 kilometers of Spartathlon 2026, with rain at the Acropolis, a cutoff scare, and a chip I never knew existed