Using data contracts just for CI still leaves you reacting to changes. To shift left you need to engage earlier in the software development life cycle.

The outbox pattern for publishing events

22 August 2025·4 mins

Data Contracts Events Outbox

How the outbox pattern solves the dual-write problem

Patterns for publishing events

15 August 2025·3 mins

Data Contracts Events Kafka

How exactly do we move from replication to publication?

How our software engineers used data lineage

8 August 2025·3 mins

Data Contracts Data Lineage Data Ownership BigQuery

By creating the interface as tables, and by assigning ownership correctly, there’s no reason why software engineers can’t benefit from lineage.

Separating the contract UI from the platform

25 July 2025·4 mins

Data Contracts Data Platform

Separating the contract UI from the platform allows you to build the platform and its tools once, while also meeting users where they are.

Bridging the gap between data producers and consumers

11 July 2025·3 mins

Data Contracts APIs

To bridge the gap between data producers and consumers we need to formalise the relationship.

Data contracts vs APIs

4 July 2025·3 mins

Data Contracts APIs Interfaces Data Governance

How exactly do data contracts relate to APIs?

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