Data Breakthroughs: Solving Real-World Data Challenges

Lior Barak

A podcast where data experts solve real-world operational challenges submitted by listeners. Each episode tackles a fresh problem, delivering actionable solutions, key insights, and implementation steps to help data professionals overcome barriers and create business value. cookingdata.substack.com

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  1. 2 MAG

    Data Breakthroughs: Solving Pipeline Reliability Issues That Destroy Trust | EP01

    Data Breakthroughs Podcast - Episode 1 Show Notes Episode Title: Preventing Data Pipeline Breaks That Impact Business Decisions Guest: Ilya Vladimirskiy, data engineering leader with 20+ years of experience Episode Overview In our pilot episode, we tackle a critical challenge facing data teams: how to prevent data pipeline breaks that damage trust in data and impact decision-making. Ilya shares insights from his experience at an IoT startup where schema changes in source systems frequently broke dashboards used by key stakeholders. Key Problem Explored Data producers (ERP and web shop teams) constantly changed data structures without coordination Broken pipelines led to unavailable or incorrect Tableau dashboards Business stakeholders lost trust and reverted to manual processes Tensions developed between data teams and data-producing engineering teams Must-Listen Segments (If You're Short on Time) The Trust Problem (2:34-3:28)Why pipeline breaks are devastating: "The problem is if you do it a few times, people stop trusting your data and either they get back to purely gut feelings... or they bypass your systems." Five Actions for Reliable Pipelines (40:40-41:20)Our concrete, actionable recommendations to prevent pipeline breaks. People vs. Technology Insight (35:41-36:24)"80% people, 20% technology" - why even perfect tools won't solve your problems if teams aren't aligned. Our Solution Framework People & Communication Create transparency between data producers and consumers Establish shared understanding of data importance and impact Documentation & Contracts Define and document data events and required metadata Create formal contracts between data producers and consumers Implementation & Validation Set up automatic data checks and rejection events for schema validation Separate raw data landing zones from consumption zones Monitoring & Alerts Implement data monitoring tools to catch issues before they reach users Establish SLAs based on business impact Incident Management Create a formal data incident process with severity levels Document learnings to prevent recurring issues Key Insights No Universal Solution: There's no one-size-fits-all approach to data pipeline problems Data Mesh Relevance: Data mesh principles remain valuable, but must be adapted to your organization People First: People and culture account for 80% of successful data operations; technology is just 20% Links Mentioned: Ilya's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bkmy43/ 5X: https://www.5x.co/ Bruin: https://getbruin.com/ Data Mesh Manager: https://www.datamesh-manager.com/ Open standards for data contracts -------- Whiteboard diagram from our episode Connect & Contribute Submit your data challenge Apply to be a guest Problem Gambler by Matt Harvey from Audiosocket Share your solution to this episode's problem: #DataBreakthrough Get full access to Cooking Data guided by Lior at cookingdata.substack.com/subscribe

    51 min

  2. 25 APR

    Data Breakthroughs: Solving Real-World Data Challenges

    A podcast where data experts solve real-world operational challenges submitted by listeners. Each episode tackles a fresh problem, delivering actionable solutions, key insights, and implementation steps to help data professionals overcome barriers and create business value. Welcome to Data Breakthroughs The Podcast That Solves Real Data Problems in Real Time Are you struggling with data challenges that slow down your organization? Data Breakthroughs brings together data practitioners to solve real-world operational challenges through better data practices. Each episode features experts tackling freshly submitted problems, providing practical solutions with clear action items that create immediate business value. What Makes This Podcast Different ✅ Real Problems, Real Solutions - No theoretical discussions. We solve actual challenges submitted by professionals like you. ✅ Authentic Problem-Solving - Our experts encounter the problem for the first time during recording, giving you unfiltered access to their thought process. ✅ Actionable Takeaways - Every episode delivers a conceptual solution, key insights, and concrete steps you can implement immediately. ✅ Cross-Domain Expertise - From data infrastructure and governance to analysis and ML implementation, we cover the full spectrum of data challenges. How It Works * Problem Reveal - Each episode starts with a fresh challenge submitted by a data consumer * Independent Brainstorming - Host and guest take 15 minutes to develop initial approaches * Collaborative Solution - Experts reconvene to create a comprehensive data solution * Implementation Roadmap - Every episode concludes with 4 concrete action items Listen On * Cooking Data Substack * Spotify * Apple Podcasts * And everywhere you get your podcasts New Episodes Every Two Weeks For Data Consumers: Are you struggling with a data challenge in your organization? Submit your problem to be featured on an upcoming episode of Data Breakthroughs! We're looking for real-world data challenges across: * Data Analysis & Reporting * Data Engineering & Infrastructure * Data Governance & Quality * Machine Learning & AI Implementation * Organizational Data Strategy * Business Intelligence & Dashboarding * Real-time Data Processing * Data Integration & ETL 🔗 Submit Your Data Challenge Here For Data Professionals: Are you a data practitioner who enjoys solving complex problems? Join us as a guest on Data Breakthroughs to collaborate on solving real business challenges with data. We're looking for professionals with experience in: * Data Leadership * Data Engineering * Data Science * Analytics Engineering * Data Architecture * Data Product Management 🔗 Apply to Be a Guest Get full access to Cooking Data guided by Lior at cookingdata.substack.com/subscribe

    4 min
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A podcast where data experts solve real-world operational challenges submitted by listeners. Each episode tackles a fresh problem, delivering actionable solutions, key insights, and implementation steps to help data professionals overcome barriers and create business value. cookingdata.substack.com

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