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· 5 min read

When considering software and related infrastructure, the business of today is caught in a never-ending cycle of "build vs. buy". Many third-party companies solve serious challenges such as managing sales pipelines, accounting automation, payment processing, and internal communication. These alternatives to "building it yourself" empower companies to operate faster or more efficiently, and overall benefit to the customer is often net-positive. When considering various alternatives, there is one critical component of your business that you should strongly reconsider leaving in the hands of third parties, however: your data and supporting data infrastructure.

· 14 min read

There are many factors to consider when designing data pipelines, which include disparate data sources, dependency management, interprocess monitoring, quality control, maintainability, and timeliness. Toolset choices for each step are incredibly important, and early decisions have tremendous implications on future successes. The following post is meant to be a reference to ask the right questions from the start of the design process, instead of halfway through. In terms of the V-Model of systems engineering, it is intended to fall between the “high level design” and “detailed design” steps: