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The State of Data 2023

The field of data is constantly evolving, and it is essential to understand the current landscape to stay informed and competitive. The State of Data offers valuable insights into the latest trends, tools, and practices in data engineering.
John Lafleur
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May 25, 2023
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5 min read

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Data Modeling: The Unsung Hero of Data Engineering: Architecture Pattern, Tools and the Future (Part 3)
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May 26, 2023
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Pandas 2.0 and its Ecosystem (Arrow, Polars, DuckDB)
Simon Späti
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March 6, 2023
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BigQuery 101: A Beginner's Guide to Google's Cloud Data Warehouse
Thalia Barrera
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January 12, 2023
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The Evolution of The Data Engineer: A Look at The Past, Present & Future
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The Rise of the Semantic Layer: Metrics On-The-Fly
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Data insights

Thought leadership articles, notes, videos and podcast episodes about data engineering and infrastructure.
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Top Azure Data Services Overview: Integration, Storage and Analytics

Edgar Cervantes De Los Rios
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April 26, 2320
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10 min read
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Data Lineage: The Unseen Lifeline of Data-Driven Organizations
Thalia Barrera
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May 30, 2023
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Data Modeling: The Unsung Hero of Data Engineering: Architecture Pattern, Tools and the Future (Part 3)
Simon Späti
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May 26, 2023
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Data Engineering to Analytics Engineering: How to Successfully Transition
Madison Schott
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May 9, 2023
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DataNews.filter() - Navigating Entity-Centric Modeling
Simon Späti
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May 4, 2023
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10 min read
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Data Modeling – The Unsung Hero of Data Engineering: Modeling Approaches and Techniques (Part 2)
Simon Späti
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May 3, 2023
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15 min read
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The Art of Abstraction in ETL: Keeping The Good Things Going
Emily Riederer
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May 3, 2023
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8 min read
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Top Azure Data Services Overview: Relational Databases
Edgar Cervantes De Los Rios
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April 17, 2023
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10 min read
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Empowering Data Teams: Let Them Choose Their Own Tools
Chris Sean
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April 14, 2023
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12 min read
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Bring Your Own Infra
Davin Chia
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April 13, 2023
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10 min read
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The Art of Abstraction in ETL: Making Sound Loading Decisions
Emily Riederer
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April 11, 2023
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Data news

Our reaction to the news in the data industry.
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Engineering

Our engineering team shares their learnings along our journey.
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Airbyte Checkpointing: Ensuring Uninterrupted Data Syncs

Evan Tahler
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June 1, 2023
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5 min read
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An Easier Way to Understand Airbyte Synchronization through Events
Benoit Moriceau
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May 31, 2023
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Supercharging e2e Testing with Cypress and Airbyte’s Config API
Teal Larson
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May 31, 2023
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Using the Airbyte API to make an iOS App
Brian Leonard
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May 25, 2023
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Using the new Airbyte API to orchestrate Airbyte Cloud with Airflow
Alex Marquardt
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March 2, 2023
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Accelerating Alpha Connectors to Airbyte Cloud: 57 New Connectors Ready For Takeoff
Evan Tahler
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March 1, 2023
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5 min

University

Tutorials, courses (soon), and glossary terms to help you improve your knowledge in data, and soon to get you full certifications.

Tutorials

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Implement AI data pipelines with Langchain, Airbyte, and Dagster
Joe Reuter
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June 1, 2023
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20 minutes
Validate data replication pipelines with data-diff
Madison Schott
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May 27, 2023
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15 minutes
Version control Airbyte configurations with Octavia CLI
Ari Bajo Rouvinen
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May 27, 2023
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10 minutes
Explore Airbyte's Change Data Capture (CDC) replication
Alex Marquardt
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May 27, 2023
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10 minutes

Glossary

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Data Contract
Data Contracts are API-like agreements between software/data engineers who own services and data consumers that understand how the business works.
DuckDB
DuckDB is an in-process SQL OLAP database management system. It has strong support for SQL. DuckDB is borrowing the SQLite shell implementation.
Data Engineering Concepts
Some core concepts we are going to explore include data warehouses, data lakes, storage layers, and more.
Modern Data Stack
The Modern Data Stack (MDS) is a heap of open-source tools to achieve end-to-end analytics from ingestion to transformation to ML over to a columnar data warehouse or lake solution with an analytics BI dashboard backend.
Open Data Stack
The open data stack is a better term for the Modern Data Stack but focuses on solutions built on open-source and open standards covering the Data Engineering Lifecycle.

Data engineering resources

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Columnar Storage Formats: Benefits and Use Cases in Data Engineering
Aditi Prakash
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May 31, 2023
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10 min read
Data Warehouse vs Data Mart: Understanding the Differences and Use Cases
Aditi Prakash
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May 31, 2023
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14 min read
Operational Data Stores (ODS): An Overview and Use Cases in Data Engineering
Aditi Prakash
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May 24, 2023
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12 min read
PostgreSQL vs Redshift: A Comparison for Data Engineers
Aditi Prakash
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May 18, 2023
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15 min read
Data Warehouse vs Database: Key Differences and Considerations
Aditi Prakash
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May 12, 2023
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15 min read
Data Lake vs Data Warehouse: Comparing Data Storage Solutions and Their Applications
Aditi Prakash
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May 11, 2023
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15 min read
Snowflake vs. BigQuery: Navigating the Data Warehouse Landscape
Thalia Barrera
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May 10, 2023
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15 min read
SQL vs NoSQL: A Comparison of Database Technologies for Data Engineers
Aditi Prakash
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May 5, 2023
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15 min read
Exploring Different Types of Databases: A Guide for Data Engineers
Aditi Prakash
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May 5, 2023
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15 min read
PostgreSQL vs MySQL: A Detailed Comparison for Data Engineers
Aditi Prakash
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May 5, 2023
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15 min read

Company

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Building Connectors with No-Code | The Drip May 2023 Edition
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June 1, 2023
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Introducing our new content hub
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May 30, 2023
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2 min read
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Launching the No-Code Connector Builder: Build Custom Connectors in Minutes
Sherif Nada
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May 18, 2023
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Launch of Airbyte API and More Community Support | April 2023 Airbyte Product Updates
Justin Chau
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May 1, 2023
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Better supporting our contributors and active users
John Lafleur
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April 26, 2023
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4 min read
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Official Launch of Airbyte API
Riley Brook
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April 24, 2023
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The Drip | February 2023 Airbyte Product Updates
Justin Chau
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March 1, 2023
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The Drip | January 2023 Airbyte Product Updates
Justin Chau
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February 1, 2023
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Community

See some of our community’s updates and success stories.
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The State of Data 2023
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May 25, 2023
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Co-Founders Q&A | A Retrospective 1-2 Years After Raising $150M
Chris Sean
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May 16, 2023
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Upgrading our Community Pull Requests Experience
Evan Tahler
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April 28, 2023
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Are Building Custom ETL Pipelines Outdated?
Chris Sean
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April 28, 2023
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Our shorts

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Persisting Data with Docker
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Learning SQL with Airbyte | Part 1
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April 20, 2023
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How to Add PGAdmin to Docker
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April 18, 2023
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Why use Docker to Spin Up Postgres
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April 12, 2023
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How to use Postgres Without Installing It Locally
Justin Chau
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April 11, 2023
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