The Future of Airflow Telemetry with Bolke de Bruin

Telemetry has the potential to guide the future of Airflow, but only if it’s implemented transparently and with community trust. 

In this episode, we’re joined by Bolke de Bruin, Director at Metyis and a long-time Airflow PMC member. Bolke discusses how telemetry has been handled in the past, why it matters now and what it will take to get it right.

Key Takeaways:

(03:20) The role of foundations in establishing credibility and sustainability.

(04:52) Why data collection is critical to open-source project direction.

(07:24) Lessons learned from previous approaches to user data collection.

(10:23) The current state of telemetry in the project.

(10:53) Community trust as a prerequisite for technical implementation.

(12:54) The importance of managing sensitive data within trusted ecosystems.

(16:37) Ethical considerations in balancing participation and access.

(18:45) Forward-looking ideas for improving workflow design and usability.

Resources Mentioned:

Bolke de Bruin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bolke/

Metyis | LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/company/metyis/

Metyis | Website

http://www.metyis.com

Apache Airflow

https://airflow.apache.org/

Airflow Summit

https://airflowsummit.org/

Airflow Dev List

https://lists.apache.org/list.html?[e-mail]

https://www.astronomer.io/events/roadshow/london/

   

https://www.astronomer.io/events/roadshow/new-york/ 

  

https://www.astronomer.io/events/roadshow/sydney/   

https://www.astronomer.io/events/roadshow/san-francisco/  

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