Some of Scott's Favorite Data Mesh Content
by Scott Hirleman specifically (so opinions abound)
On the Data Mesh Learning meetup from today (Aug 19), someone mentioned they hadn’t read Intuit’s post on data mesh. So I wanted to put together a list of some of my favorite content that I think are really interesting, foundational, or have a very unique view - yes, I definitely missed some, sorry to those authors (and I have many posts open I haven’t read yet).
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU SPACE OUT CONSUMING. Your brain will melt if you try to get through all at once. Maybe 1-3 a week of those you haven’t read/watched/listened.
Please feel free to comment your favorites and I might add as I see appropriate. No promises to keep this up-to-date. If I do, I will note date added in a new section. I am skipping the long-form articles/posts by Zhamak as those are so foundational. I also created a list (needs updating) of all content Zhamak has done about data mesh here.
I typically try to justify my choices but will skip that for today so I can actually share more instead of writing a novel; mostly in no particular order:
Building a successful Data Mesh – More than just a technology initiative
by Nazia Shahrin (RBC/University of Toronto); LinkedIn post (long but worth it)
Intuit’s Data Mesh Strategy
by Tristan Baker; blog post (Medium)
Building a data mesh to support an ecosystem of data products at Adevinta
by Xavier Gumara Rigol and Sandra Real; Medium post
Data mesh: it's not just about tech, it's about ownership and communication
by Dr. Arif Wider (Thoughtworks - consulting company); blog post
Data Mesh at HelloFresh - A Work in Progress - a Data Mesh Learning Meetup
by Christoph Sawade, Hariprasad Natarajan, Mario Konschake, Surya Emmylinda, Sharif Abdel-Halim, Pedro Castillo, and Natalie Hallak; video (79min)
Two steps towards a modern data platform
by Gerben Oostra of BigData Republic (consulting firm); article
Data Mesh by Zhamak Dehghani
by Zhamak Dehghani; video (39min) NOTE: this was the video that truly made me grok data mesh
Data as a product
by Zhamak Dehghani; webinar (60min)
Implementing a Data Mesh Architecture at JPMC
by James “JR” Reid and Nisha Yerrawar (JPMC); video (32min); NOTE: also recommend checking out their meetup with us and the subsequent write-up by David Vellante
Introduction to Data Mesh (video; 23min)
How to Build a Foundation for Data Mesh (video; 27min)
by Zhamak Dehghani at Datanova conference (part 1 and part 2)
Data Mesh Applied
by Sven Balnojan; article (on Medium…) NOTE: HIGHLY RECOMMEND READING WITH THIS COMPANION ARTICLE
Intuit's Data Mesh Journey - Past, Present, and Future
by Tristan Baker and Suresh Raman (hosted by DML); video (75min, no transcript)
Data mesh at DPG Media
by Wannes Rosiers; blog post (Medium)
Data Mesh in Practice - Max Schultze
by Max Schultze (Zalando); video (67min) NOTE: Max has done many presentations and all are great; this one is the longest so is the most complete
Data Mesh: Unlocking Data Value in the Enterprise
by Emily Gorcenski and Arif Wider (ThoughtWorks); webinar (61min) closed captioning available NOTE: the Q&A starting at about min 45 is what sets this apart, some of the tidbits are FASCINATING
Decentralizing Data: From Data Monolith to Data Mesh
by Barry O’Reilly with guest Zhamak Dehghani; podcast - 56min, no transcript available
What the Heck is a Data Mesh?!
by Chris Riccomini, WePay; blog post
Data Mesh at DPG Media: Increasing News Personalization Relevance
by Wannes Rosiers (hosted by DML); video (75min, no transcript)
Data Meshes: Big Data Architecture Becoming Distributed, Declarative and Domain Oriented with Zhamak Dehghani
by Sam Ramji and featuring Zhamak Dehghani; podcast (28min, transcript available)
Anatomy of a Data Product in Data Mesh (DML Meetup)
Mohammad Syed (Credera), Pedro Castillo (HelloFresh), and Scott Hirleman (DML); video (76min) NOTE: yes, I am including my own meetup but I really enjoyed doing it 😎
How banks can achieve the promise of open banking with a data mesh architecture
by Mohammad Syed (Credera - consulting company); article
Reusing Kafka Data Structure Between Projects
by Maureen Penzenik and Laura Schornack (Northern Trust); video (25min)
Zhamak Dehghani, ThoughtWorks | theCUBE on Cloud 2021
by David Vellante (theCUBE); video (32min)
Why it’s time to mesh with your data architecture (YouTube link)
by Tim Gasper and Juan Sequeda (data.world; vendor) with Zhamak Dehghani; podcast or video (50min; no transcript available)
Data warehousing has problems. A data mesh could be the solution
by Paul Gillin (Silicon Angle - a tech publication); article
Data strategies to drive business value at scale
by ThoughtWorks - Zhamak, Emily Gorcenski, and Prasanna Pendse contributed; article
Decoding the Data Mesh
by Barr Moses (Monte Carlo - Vendor); blog post
Data Mesh: The Four Principles of a Distributed Architecture
by Eleks (consulting company); blog post
Towards a Data Mesh (part 1) : Data Domains and Teams Topologies
by François Nguyen; article
Data Mesh in Practice - Overview and real use cases - Tech Talk #1
by Paolo Platter and (Agile Labs - consulting company); video (44min)
POV: A streaming/communication platform for the data mesh
by Olivier Wulveryck (Octo, Consulting Co); Blog Post
Delivery Hero’s Data Mesh
by Mathias Nitzsche at Delivery Hero; video - 19min
How to get started with data mesh (v0.1)
by Scott Hirleman (of DML); long Substack post NOTE: another by me but I like it because it gives you permission to get moving; I don’t think it is particularly well written but it is necessary content
Sharing data in the cloud: four patterns everyone should know
by Lena Hall (Microsoft); blog post NOTE: not specific to data mesh but SUPER useful