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Data Warehouse Modelling — Star Schema and Dimensional Design

Facts, dimensions, slowly changing dimensions, and why modelling choices matter for query performance.

data warehouse star schema dimensional modeling SCD fact table
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Apache Iceberg — The Open Table Format Explained

Snapshots, schema evolution, partition evolution, time travel, and compaction.

Apache Iceberg open table format time travel schema evolution ACID
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Introduction to Data Pipelines

What a data pipeline is, the core stages, and when to build vs buy.

data pipeline ETL ELT ingest transform
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Database Schema Migration Strategies

Expand-contract pattern, zero-downtime migrations, and tooling.

database migration expand-contract zero downtime Flyway Liquibase
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Multi-Tenancy Patterns — Database-per-Tenant, Schema-per-Tenant, and Row-Level

Tradeoffs for SaaS data isolation, compliance, and operational complexity.

multi-tenancy SaaS database per tenant row-level security PostgreSQL
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Article Data & Platform

Getting Started with dbt (data build tool)

Models, tests, documentation, and the dbt workflow for transforming warehouse data.

dbt data build tool ELT SQL transformation
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Article Data & Platform

Implementing Data Lineage Tracking

Column-level lineage, tools, and why it is critical for debugging and compliance.

data lineage OpenLineage DataHub dbt column lineage
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Article Data & Platform

Data Lake vs Data Warehouse vs Lakehouse

Practical comparison of the three architectures and how to choose.

data lake data warehouse lakehouse Delta Lake Iceberg
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Article Data & Platform

Data Observability — Detecting Silent Pipeline Failures

Freshness, volume, distribution, schema, and lineage monitoring for data reliability.

data observability freshness volume distribution Monte Carlo
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Article Data & Platform

Delta Lake — ACID Transactions for Your Data Lake

Transaction log, upserts, schema enforcement, and time travel on S3.

Delta Lake ACID upsert MERGE time travel
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Article Product Engineering

Event Sourcing and CQRS — Practical Implementation

Event store design, projection rebuilding, and operational realities.

event sourcing CQRS event store projection snapshot
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Article Data & Platform

Schema Registry and Avro for Kafka Data Contracts

Why schema management matters for streaming pipelines and how to implement it.

Avro Schema Registry Kafka data contracts schema evolution
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Article Data & Platform

Migrating from MySQL to PostgreSQL

Schema translation, data migration, and common incompatibilities to address.

MySQL PostgreSQL migration pgloader schema translation
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Article Data & Platform

MongoDB Schema Design Patterns

Embedding vs referencing, the subset pattern, and indexing strategy.

MongoDB schema design embedding referencing bucket pattern
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Article Product Engineering

GraphQL vs REST — When to Use Each

Comparing query flexibility, over-fetching, tooling, and operational complexity.

GraphQL REST API design DataLoader N+1
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Article Data & Platform

Parquet vs CSV — Why Columnar Storage Matters

How Parquet's columnar format reduces storage costs and speeds up analytical queries.

Parquet CSV columnar storage compression PyArrow
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Pipelines, vector stores, governance, and privacy-first data design.

data platform pipelines vector store governance privacy
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Article Data & Platform

Testing Strategy for Data Pipelines

Unit tests, integration tests, data contract tests, and regression testing for pipelines.

testing data pipeline dbt unit tests integration tests
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Article Product Engineering

OpenAPI Spec-First API Development

Write the contract before writing code — benefits, tooling, and workflow.

OpenAPI Swagger spec-first API design Spectral
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Article Data & Platform

Data Contracts — Formalising Agreements Between Producers and Consumers

Schema, SLAs, semantics, and how to enforce data contracts in practice.

data contracts ODCS schema SLA producer
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