Data Platform Explained Part I

This post explains the need for and evolution of Spotify's data platform, highlighting its role in processing 1.4 trillion data points daily. It details triggers for building a data platform, such as democratizing data, satisfying financial reporting, ensuring data quality, facilitating experimentation, and enabling ML. The evolution is described through its core components: data collection, data processing, and data management. It also references the event delivery infrastructure and the Confidence experimentation platform.