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How to avoid pipeline backfill nightmares

Tired of the backfill process? Checkout these best practices to help you ease the pain of backfilling the data.

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Backfilling is a curse in data engineering; it's a tedious and expensive process. If you like to relieve yourself from the backfilling pain, start following these best practices:

  • Automate When Needed

    • Manual backfills are the most painful

  • Treat as Production-grade Pipeline

    • Cutting corners when backfilling will just create more suffering over the long term

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