Monday Morning Data Chat

#82 - Data Contracts & Domain Ownership w/ Ananth Packkildurai

May 24, 2022

Ananth Packkildurai, a wealth of knowledge and experience in data engineering, discusses data contracts, domain ownership, metadata management, and his new project Schemata. He explores the challenges of modern data stacks, the difference between C'mon schema and a metric layer, and the difficulties of data ingestion and analytics. Ananth also talks about his motivation for writing newsletters and curating them, and touches on topics like the Skimada app and future guests.

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Quick takeaways

Data sharing and efficient data integration will be major challenges in the future, creating opportunities for startups to provide value-added solutions.

Aspiring data engineers should understand how businesses function and have a strong foundation in SQL and Python.

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Data Engineering Newsletter: A Focus on Data Integration

The author of the newsletter started it because he felt a need to reconnect with the data side of things. He started writing the newsletter as a way to stay involved and to continue learning. The author enjoys reading a lot and sees the newsletter as a way to share insights and learnings with others. He believes that data sharing and efficient data integration will be major challenges in the future, and he sees opportunities for startups to provide value-added solutions in this area. The author shares some advice for aspiring data engineers, including the importance of understanding how businesses function and the need to have a strong foundation in SQL and Python. Overall, the newsletter provides a platform for the author to share thoughts, insights, and observations in the world of data engineering.

Introduction

2min

Strategies for Reading and Curating Data Content

2min

Data Engineering Trends and the Challenges of Modern Data Stacks

20min

Understanding Data Contracts

6min

The Difference Between C'mon and a Metric Layer or Semantic Layer

3min

Challenges of Data Ingestion and Analytics

23min

Motivation for Writing Newsletters and the Process of Curating Them

3min

A discussion on newsletters, Skimada app, data debates, and future guests

3min

Ananth Packkildurai joins the show to chat about data contracts, domain ownership, metadata management, and his new project Schemata. Ananth is a wealth of knowledge and experience in the data engineering space. He also publishes the Data Engineering Weekly newsletter.

Data Engineering Weekly: https://www.dataengineeringweekly.com/

Schemata: https://schemata.app/

#dataengineering #datamanagement #data

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