CI is too late in the SDLC to identify data changes
·3 mins
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.
Shifting Left
2025
Shifting Left: How Data Contracts Underpin People, Processes, and Technology
·4 mins
Hey, hope you had a good week!
This week I’ve published an in-depth article on shifting left, which is previewed below and available in full on the Confluent blog, plus links on docs-as-code, a new release of ODCS, and data exploration with DuckDB and Rill.
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