# Data Modeling's Relevance in Modern Data Engineering

DevFeed: [Data Modeling's Relevance in Modern Data Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/so-is-data-modeling-dead-38714.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://dataengineeringcentral.substack.com/p/so-is-data-modeling-dead>)

Author: Daniel Beach

Published: 2026-07-27T12:20:21Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Data Engineering Central](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/data-engineering-central.md>)

Topics: [data-modeling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-modeling.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [article](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/article.md>), [data-modeling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-modeling.md>), [opinions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opinions.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion article examines whether data modeling remains relevant in modern data work. It presents differing views, notes the longstanding role of relational modeling, and questions why the topic has recently been treated as potentially obsolete.

## Source excerpt

was it never alive?