https://www.pistack.xyz/tags/record-linkage/ Recent content in Record-Linkage on Pi Stack Hugo en-us Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-16-self-hosted-entity-resolution-dedupe-splink-recordlinkage/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-16-self-hosted-entity-resolution-dedupe-splink-recordlinkage/ <h2 id="why-entity-resolution-matters-for-self-hosted-data-infrastructure">Why Entity Resolution Matters for Self-Hosted Data Infrastructure</h2> <p>Every organization accumulating data across multiple sources eventually faces the same problem: duplicate records. A customer appears in your CRM as &ldquo;John Smith,&rdquo; your billing system as &ldquo;J. Smith,&rdquo; and your support ticket system as &ldquo;Jonathan Smith.&rdquo; Without entity resolution, these three records remain disconnected, leading to fragmented analytics, duplicate communications, and missed cross-sell opportunities.</p>