Day 3 of Data Platform Week: Mastering Integration Ecosystems with Dagster

Welcome to day three of Data Platform Week with Colton Padden and Alex Noonan, Developer Advocates at Dagster Labs. This session covers the integration ecosystem, focusing on the general availability of Dagster Pypes, embedded ELT integration, and collaborations with transformation frameworks like DBT, SDF, and SQL Mesh. Colton explains how Dagster serves as a unified control plane for organizations, enabling engineers to leverage various tools through uniform interfaces. Detailed code examples illustrate the simplicity and efficiency of integrating with transformation frameworks. The session also dives into the complexities of traditional remote job execution and how Dagster Pypes solves these issues. Additional segments showcase community contributions, practical use cases, and the standardized approach to transformations, making Dagster a flexible, future-proof data platform. 00:09 Understanding Dagster's Integration Ecosystem 01:04 Code Examples: Integrating with Transformation Frameworks 01:55 The Importance of a Unified Control Plane 02:47 Introducing Dagster Pypes 03:47 Traditional Job Execution vs. Dagster Pypes 05:02 How Dagster Pypes Simplifies Remote Processes 06:20 Pypes Architecture and Implementation 07:43 Community Contributions and Future Plans 09:26 Embedded ELT: Enhancing Data Ingestion and Replication 10:52 Standardizing Developer Experience Across Integrations 13:59 The Evolution of Data Transformation Tools 16:28 Dagster's Unified Control Plane for Transformation Projects 18:32 Conclusion: The Power of Composability