Preventing bad data starts with proactive data quality monitoring. That includes data profiling, defining clear KPIs, assigning ownership, and using observability tools that provide real-time metrics and alerts. Integrating data lineage tracking also helps you quickly identify where issues originate in your data pipelines.

Great question! At Sifflet, we believe data observability is about operationalizing trust, not just catching issues. It’s the foundation for reliable data pipelines, helping teams ensure data quality, track lineage, and resolve incidents quickly so business decisions are always based on trustworthy data.

A user-friendly interface boosts adoption across teams and makes it easier to navigate complex datasets. For observability tools, especially those focused on data cataloging and data discovery, a clean UI enables faster insights and more efficient collaboration.

Callum and his team were impressed by how quickly Sifflet’s cross-repo data lineage tracking gave them visibility into their pipelines. Within days, they had a working proof of concept and were debugging in minutes instead of days. The unified view across their stack made Sifflet the right fit for scaling data observability across teams.

The 'right to be forgotten' introduces several technical hurdles. For example, deleting user data across multiple systems, backups, and caches can be tricky. That's where data lineage tracking and pipeline orchestration visibility come in handy. They help you understand dependencies and ensure deletions are complete and safe without breaking downstream processes.

Embedding observability tools like Flow Stopper at the orchestration level gives teams visibility into pipeline health before data hits production. This kind of proactive monitoring is key for maintaining data reliability and reducing downtime due to broken pipelines.

The move from ETL to ELT allows organizations to load raw data into the warehouse first and transform it later, making pipeline management more flexible and cost-effective. However, it also increases the need for data pipeline monitoring to ensure that transformations happen correctly and on time. Observability tools help track ingestion latency, transformation success, and data drift detection to keep your pipelines healthy.

STT is designed to be lightweight, extensible, and accurate. It supports complex SQL features like CTEs and subqueries using a composable, monoid-based design. This makes it ideal for integrating into larger observability tools, ensuring reliable data lineage tracking and SLA compliance.