# Johnathan Law

**Senior Product Manager**

## Articles by Johnathan Law

- [Why Schemaless Kafka Topics Break Production Systems](https://www.conduktor.io/blog/the-hidden-pitfalls-of-kafka-s-schemaless-data) (2025-07-24) — Kafka's schemaless flexibility creates data quality issues. Conduktor Trust validates schemaless topics, blocks bad data, and enforces custom rules.
- [Fix Data Quality at the Source, Not After Ingestion](https://www.conduktor.io/blog/proactive-and-reactive-the-two-paths-towards-data-quality) (2025-06-12) — Low-quality data destroys AI and ML outputs. Fix data quality at the source—before problems travel downstream.