10 Lessons Learned In 10 Years Of Data [2/2]

From 2020 to 2022 aka the explosion of tools era

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This is part 2; check part one if you don’t want to get spoiled!

Let’s tackle five lessons learned from the past three years. We have seen an explosion of frameworks, tooling, and SaaS startups. Probably because bootstrapping SaaS products has never been easier.

2020 ⏱️ Remember bob, the data engineer?

I was a Data Scientist, but the Data Engineering hype was stronger.

Bob now has plenty of options in open-source. Plus, they aren’t ridiculously expensive to put in production. After all, many companies put Kafka into production before it was even 1.0!

✔️Lesson #6: Open-source is the new norm

Having a product (or some part of it) open-sourced enables tech people to try new technology at minimum risk without any commitment.