The Vertex Journal· 1 min read
The medallion architecture is a slide
Bronze, silver and gold describe a diagram, not a design. On the vocabulary that conquered data engineering without ever being specified.
#medallion#lakehouse#architecture
Tagged: architecture
5 articles
· 4 min read
The single-node renaissance is a correction, not a fad
DuckDB made one machine respectable again. A review of what the distributed decade got wrong about the size of actual data.
#duckdb#architecture#warehouse
· 2 min read
Lakehouse or warehouse is a staffing question
The formats converged, the engines cross-read each other, and the real decision is about the team you have, not the architecture you admire.
#lakehouse#warehouse#architecture
· 2 min read
Reverse ETL, or the pipeline that apologizes for the last one
Syncing warehouse tables back into SaaS tools is sometimes necessary and often a symptom. How to tell which one you have.
#reverse-etl#pipelines#architecture
· 3 min read
Real-time streaming is a bill most teams never needed
Real-time pipelines cost real money and most dashboards are read weekly. A defense of batch, with the arithmetic that vendors skip.
#streaming#batch#architecture