
What Is a Data Pipeline? A Plain Guide
What is a data pipeline? Its parts, six types compared with their limits, a worked example, and which tools do which job. Dated October 2026.
Plain-language explainers from the OLake team on data pipelines, change data capture, Apache Iceberg and the data lakehouse.

What is a data pipeline? Its parts, six types compared with their limits, a worked example, and which tools do which job. Dated October 2026.

ETL pipelines explained in plain words: the three steps, a worked example, where they break, ETL vs ELT, and when to pick each. Sourced and dated.