๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ & ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—™๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„

Published 2026-02-10 in Data Engineering

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฐ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€ โ€“ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ & ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—™๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ โ˜… Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold) โ˜… Data ingestion โ†’ processing โ†’ serving โ˜… Governance & access control โ˜… SQL Server as a source system โ˜… Apache Parquet vs Delta Lake โ˜… Data processing on the platform โ˜… Mobile application event processing โ˜… Evaluating Medallion architecture โ˜… Reflection, learning & self-evaluation ๐ŸŽฏ Why this day matters Most people: โŒ Know Spark code โŒ Know Delta tables โŒ But canโ€™t explain where data comes from and where it goes ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€: โœ… Think in architecture, not just notebooks โœ… Understand batch + event data flows โœ… Know why Medallion exists and when to use it โœ… Can defend design decisions in interviews This is platform thinking โ€” not just pipeline building. Weโ€™re still in the first 15 days (theory phase), building fundamentals before moving into interview & scenario-based questions. ๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐Ÿš€ ๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ

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