14 Data mesh revolutionizing data engineering

This chapter covers

  • Quickly reviewing why and how we got into this situation
  • Anchoring the four principles of data mesh
  • Understanding data quantum
  • Building your first data quantum
  • Assimilating the data contract
  • Navigating through the experience planes

If you thought modernizing your architecture would not affect your data, you would be seriously wrong. I won’t try to convince you of the importance of data; anyone who has read this far into this chapter knows already. Many people nicknamed data the new oil, but modern data engineering goes beyond simple pipelines. Data feeds everything from dashboards and reports used by executives when making decisions to risk analysis and fraud detection, including ...

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