Meel Velliste

Three Months Under the Bodhi Tree: The Fivetran Research Rotation
A unique program allows any Fivetran engineer, anywhere in the world, to spend months pondering one interesting technical problem.

Key Considerations for Pipeline Performance
Data pipeline performance hinges on several important techniques, including algorithmic optimization and parallelization.

Network Performance and Data Integration
Data integration can easily become non-performant. Learn about some common bottlenecks.

Process Isolation in Data Pipelines
Process isolation is an important pillar of software engineering that can keep your data pipelines (and you) out of trouble.

Building Efficient Data Pipelines With Incremental Updates
Sync data incrementally, or watch your pipeline grind to a halt.

Don’t Try This at Home: Building an Idempotent Data Pipeline
Learn about the technical challenges involved in building an idempotent data pipeline.

Idempotence and How It Failure-Proofs Your Data Pipeline
Learn how idempotence protects you from the worst consequences of data integration failures.

What Is the Architecture of Automated Data Integration?
Automated data integration depends on several key concepts.

What Is Idempotence?
Idempotence is an important characteristic of many systems, including Fivetran. Here's what it means.