Implementing Data Contracts course now live!
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Looking to implement data contracts in your organisation, but don’t know where to start? This course is for you.
Data Contracts
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2025
3 steps to getting started with data contracts
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Run a PoC, build minimal tooling, and talk to everyone. Then repeat.
CI is too late in the SDLC to identify data changes
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Using data contracts just for CI still leaves you reacting to changes. To shift left you need to engage earlier in the software development life cycle.
The outbox pattern for publishing events
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How the outbox pattern solves the dual-write problem
Patterns for publishing events
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How exactly do we move from replication to publication?
How our software engineers used data lineage
By creating the interface as tables, and by assigning ownership correctly, there’s no reason why software engineers can’t benefit from lineage.
Separating the contract UI from the platform
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Separating the contract UI from the platform allows you to build the platform and its tools once, while also meeting users where they are.
Bridging the gap between data producers and consumers
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To bridge the gap between data producers and consumers we need to formalise the relationship.
Data contracts vs APIs
How exactly do data contracts relate to APIs?
Data contracts and the meta grid
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