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ETL stands for Extract, Transform and Load. So this is a data pipeline framework. Nextdoor please put that in your blog post as I do not believe it is a very co

ETL stands for Extract, Transform and Load. So this is a data pipeline framework. Nextdoor please put that in your blog post as I do not believe it is a very common acronym.

techwizrd 9y ago
It's not that uncommon, especially in data science/analytics/engineering. I've definitely heard "ETL" more often that data pipeline or analytics pipeline. This is a nice list[0] of ETL software. 0: https://github.com/pawl/awesome-etl https://github.com/pawl/awesome-etl
- sbuttgereit 9y ago
  Not uncommon in the ERP/Enterprise/Business computing either. (I say that while I'm working on just such a project for a food distributor).
gipp 9y ago
It is an extremely common acronym.
- vidarh 9y ago
  It's an extremely common acronym in a small niche. So while you're right, sort of, it's still worth clarifying when posted to a more general site.
  - lloydde 9y ago
    It’s not a small niche. Search any job board and ETL will show up in a large presentage of job posts and resumes related to software QA and data validations.
    - spc476 9y ago
      HTML does have the <ABBR> tag. How hard is it to do? <abbr title="Extract, Transform, Load">ETL</abbr> Even once?
      - lloydde 9y ago
        I was not disagreeing with the recommendation. It’s almost always a good idea to spell out an acronym/initialization on first use.
  - _jal 9y ago
    It is the kind of acronym that is known by anyone who needs it, modulo those two random people somewhere in the world who just discovered today that they need it but haven't googled the problem yet. Admittedly, it is also the sort of acronym that, when you don't know it, is really annoying in a headline.
taude 9y ago
I'll leave you with a link to Wikipedia [1]. ETL goes back a long, long way, and is still commonly used all through the industry, except maybe in startups composed of all young, inexperienced people. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extract,_transform,_load https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extract,_transform,_load
manigandham 9y ago
ETL as a term has been around for decades and is very well used and understood in pretty much all IT, data, software and enterprise scenarios.
throwaway2016a 9y ago
Thank you for pointing that out. I would have myself made the mistakes of assuming the terms is ubiquitous and everyone already knows it. I have heard it used liberally at every job I've done in the last 15 years. I would have termed it a "very very common acronym." Right up there with API. But your post reminds me that not everyone's experiences are the same.

ETL stands for Extract, Transform and Load. So this is a data pipeline framework. Nextdoor please put that in your blog post as I do not believe it is a very common acronym.

techwizrd 9y ago

It's not that uncommon, especially in data science/analytics/engineering. I've definitely heard "ETL" more often that data pipeline or analytics pipeline. This is a nice list[0] of ETL software. 0: https://github.com/pawl/awesome-etl https://github.com/pawl/awesome-etl

sbuttgereit 9y ago
Not uncommon in the ERP/Enterprise/Business computing either. (I say that while I'm working on just such a project for a food distributor).

gipp 9y ago

It is an extremely common acronym.

vidarh 9y ago
It's an extremely common acronym in a small niche. So while you're right, sort of, it's still worth clarifying when posted to a more general site.
- lloydde 9y ago
  It’s not a small niche. Search any job board and ETL will show up in a large presentage of job posts and resumes related to software QA and data validations.
  - spc476 9y ago
    HTML does have the <ABBR> tag. How hard is it to do? <abbr title="Extract, Transform, Load">ETL</abbr> Even once?
    - lloydde 9y ago
      I was not disagreeing with the recommendation. It’s almost always a good idea to spell out an acronym/initialization on first use.
- _jal 9y ago
  It is the kind of acronym that is known by anyone who needs it, modulo those two random people somewhere in the world who just discovered today that they need it but haven't googled the problem yet. Admittedly, it is also the sort of acronym that, when you don't know it, is really annoying in a headline.

taude 9y ago

I'll leave you with a link to Wikipedia [1]. ETL goes back a long, long way, and is still commonly used all through the industry, except maybe in startups composed of all young, inexperienced people. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extract,_transform,_load https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extract,_transform,_load

manigandham 9y ago

ETL as a term has been around for decades and is very well used and understood in pretty much all IT, data, software and enterprise scenarios.

throwaway2016a 9y ago

Thank you for pointing that out. I would have myself made the mistakes of assuming the terms is ubiquitous and everyone already knows it. I have heard it used liberally at every job I've done in the last 15 years. I would have termed it a "very very common acronym." Right up there with API. But your post reminds me that not everyone's experiences are the same.