Data Mesh 101

What it is, why use it, and my candid thoughts

I’ve heard about data mesh for around 2 years now, but I’ll be honest, I never really understood what it meant. It sounded like one of those buzz terms that didn’t really mean anything at all.

After all, the data industry loves to create new terms that describe something that has already existed for 20 years. The term “data mesh” was only invented in 20…