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Data Pipelines

Python data pipeline patterns covering ETL architecture, Polars for high-performance processing, Prefect orchestration, idempotency, and production best practices.

Difficulty
intermediate
Read time
1 min read
Version
v1.0.0
Confidence
established
Last updated

Quick Reference

Data Pipelines: Modular ETL (extract/transform/load functions). Polars over Pandas for performance. Prefect for orchestration. Idempotent with delete-write pattern. Functional transforms (pure functions). Schema validation at boundaries. Incremental processing. DuckDB for SQL transforms. Parquet for intermediate storage.

Use When

  • ETL/ELT pipeline development
  • Data warehouse loading
  • Batch data processing
  • ML feature pipelines

Skip When

  • Real-time streaming (use Kafka/Flink)
  • Simple scripts (overkill)
  • Data already in warehouse

Data Pipelines

Python data pipeline patterns covering ETL architecture, Polars for high-performance processing, Prefect orchestration, idempotency, and production best practices.

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python data etl pipelines polars prefect

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