Data Pipeline Architecture: ETL/ELT Best Practices
9/18/2025
Modern data pipelines power analytics and ML. Build robust, scalable solutions.
## Architecture Patterns - Batch processing - Stream processing - Lambda architecture - Kappa architecture
## Technology Stack - Orchestration: Airflow/Prefect - Processing: Spark/Beam - Transformation: dbt - Storage: Data lakes/warehouses
## Best Practices - Idempotent operations - Data quality checks - Schema evolution - Monitoring and alerting
## Performance - Partitioning strategies - Incremental processing - Caching layers - Cost optimization