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Data streaming: products and contracts to govern speed
Streaming strategy expands the focus from pipelines to data products, contracts, discovery and real-time consistency.
A flow’s speed creates value only when the event has shared meaning. A streaming strategy therefore needs contracts, discovery, ownership, consistency and observability in addition to the processing platform.
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Which contracts need to exist so different consumers can trust the same event?
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Streaming strategy expands the focus from pipelines to data products, contracts, discovery and real-time consistency.
Treat events as products with consumers and ownership.
Define contracts that allow evolution without breaking consumers.
Observe freshness, consistency and consumer behavior.
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