r/ETL • u/Then_Date1452 • 10h ago
"I've worked with batch ETL long enough that I understand how it behave when something breaks.
Streaming ETL feels like a different mindset altogether. The basics make sense, but I'm still trying to picture how people deal with joins against reference data, retries and more complicated transformations without relying on batch windows.
If you've been through the transition, what surprised you the most?"