DataNews.filter() - Navigating Entity-Centric Modeling and Is Orchestration Dead?

In this edition of dataNews.filter(), we cover two major topics in the world of data engineering - entity-centric data modeling and orchestration, dead or alive? Entity-centric data modeling is gaining popularity due to its ability to create a structured representation of an organization's data, making it easier for efficient data systems design. Max introduced a new approach called Entity-Centric Data Modeling (ECM), which combines dimensional modeling with feature engineering. On the other hand, orchestration has been a hot topic in recent weeks, with Stephen releasing a series as part of his Symposium exploring whether it is dead or alive. The Open Data Stack is suggested as a solution to address the challenges faced by data engineers today. Additionally, we discuss updates on analytics engineering and testing data pipelines, as well as inspiring reads from Kayla's blog post on simplicity in programming languages and Rill Data's new cmd line first BI Tool with DuckDB.