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


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