I don't know who needs to hear this, but not every dashboard needs to be real-time.
That being said, it is becoming far easier to implement real-time data workflows!
A few years ago, real-time meant:
- Kafka clusters you had to babysit
- Custom consumers and producers
- A dedicated data engineering team just to keep it alive
But now you can pull tools off the shelf that help remove this barrier to entry and in cases of tools like Estuary make it easy to switch between batch and real-time.
The barrier is lower than ever. The real question is...does your use case actually need it?
If you're trying to answer that question or even how to get started you should check out the free webinar below and learn how to load data into MotherDuck at the right time!