Creating platforms with data contracts
·5 mins
The initial idea for data contracts was to create an interface through which reliable and well-structured data could be made available to consumers.
Data Contracts
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2024
Increase collaboration with interfaces
·4 mins
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Make the impact visible
Following on from yesterdays post, perhaps the key point is to make the impact of data issues visible.
Talking to software engineers
Yesterday I talked to software engineers about data quality.
Data contracts at Miro
·2 mins
Miro recently wrote up their adoption of data contracts in Data Products Reliability: The Power of Metadata.
37% of data incidents are caused by schema changes
·1 min
Barr Moses, Co-Founder & CEO at Monte Carlo, posted some interesting data on data incidents on LinkedIn.
Data contracts won't work
·1 min
Some people argue data contracts won’t work in their organisation.
Implement data governance with interfaces
Traditionally, data governance has been implemented using people and processes.
Data contracts: What are they and why do they matter?
·1 min
I joined Ryan Collingwood and Lilly Ryan on the Thoughtworks Technology Podcast to talk about data contracts, what they are, and why they matter.
Data contracts and the data mesh straw man
·1 min
Data contracts are often viewed as part of a data mesh implementation, but you don’t need to be transforming to a data mesh architecture to benefit from data contracts.
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