Looking for ways to create a river of data?

밤하늘속으로 2025년 06월 14일

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Dear learners, can you imagine a system where data flows as naturally as water? I recently made an interesting discovery while mentoring a startup on data engineering.

The company had to process millions of user logs every day, and their existing system was causing data to pile up like a clogged dam and not be utilized properly. Real-time analytics was out of the question. Worse yet, different development teams were processing data in different ways, resulting in inconsistencies.

At the heart of the problem was "iteration without learning. We were building a similar pipeline from scratch every time, and we were doing it by trial and error.

So we proposed this learning-based approach:

Prompt.

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# Data pipeline design training prompts.

### Step 1: Requirements clarification exercise

- Data source: [specific data type and size].

- Processing purpose: [real-time/batch/hybrid]

- Performance requirements: [throughput, latency, availability]

### Step 2: Learn architectural patterns.

* Lambda Architecture vs Kappa Architecture comparison

* Selection criteria for streaming vs. batch processing scenarios

* Scalability considerations checklist.

### Step 3: Practice-based design

- Build a step-by-step pipeline diagram

- Identify failure points and recovery strategies

- Build a monitoring and alerting system

Learn step-by-step how to design a pipeline optimized for your [specific situation].

The key to this approach was understanding "why we're designing this way" - not just using a tool, but clearly identifying the tradeoffs of each option.

After the team members learned with this prompt, we saw an amazing transformation. We built a real-time pipeline using a combination of Apache Kafka and Spark Streaming, with 10x faster processing speeds and 90% faster failover times than before. More importantly, the entire team's data engineering capabilities were elevated to the next level.

What's the state of your data right now? Is it a stagnant lake or a dynamic, flowing river? Why not make it flow together?

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