Data Mesh in Action

8 Comparing self-serve data platforms

This chapter covers

• Platforms leveraging Google Cloud Platform
• Platforms leveraging Amazon Web Services
• Platforms leveraging Databricks
• Platforms leveraging Apache Kafka
• Pros and cons of each platform

In the first part of this book, you learned all the basics of the data mesh. In chapter 7, you did a deep dive into building self-serve platforms using the example of Messflix. You learned how to iterate on one specific example and build up a fully functioning platform.

This chapter is different. While the data mesh paradigm is not tied to any one implementation, we believe it’s necessary to see it in action more than once to really find a suitable architecture for your platform.

This is the focus of this ...