Data contracts and dbt
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I was asked on LinkedIn how I might approach data contracts with dbt.
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Who is the data catalog for?
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Many organisations have a data catalog as a part of their data stack.
The point of data mesh
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The whole point of data mesh is to make data in an organisation more accessible.
Reliable data platforms enable reliable data products
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To build reliable data products we need a data platform that provides us capabilities to do so.
Do one of 3 things
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Each data project should be doing or enabling one of three things:
A contract-driven data catalog
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I wrote yesterday about how important a data catalog becomes when you move to a decentralised and autonomous data architecture built on data contracts.
Discovering data contracts
When you’ve successfully built an autonomous, contract-driven data platform, you’ll find the number of data contracts explode.
Consistent data across your organisation
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One of the many benefits of a contract-based data platform is that it ensures consistency over how data is created, managed, and consumed across your organisation.
The power of data platforms
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Platforms in general, and data platforms in particular, can be a powerful enabler for an organisation.
Why we shift left
If you’re looking at implementing data contracts or moving towards a data mesh you will hear a lot about shifting left.