The next generation of Data Platforms is the Data Mesh

The next generation of Data Platforms is the Data Mesh

摘要

As enterprises become more agile, centralization appears more and more as a thing of the past world, a waterfall world. The same appears to be true with data platforms. Therefore, we are building a Data Mesh, this next generation of data platforms for PayPal Credit. This post details the evolution of data platforms, highlights their problems, and why we decided to build a Data Mesh. I will detail the four principles of the Data Mesh, how to get started, look at the architecture, and describe some of the challenges.