Apache Airflow on Docker for Complete Beginners

Justin Gage
12 min readFeb 10, 2019

Airflow — it’s not just a word Data Scientists use when they fart. It’s a powerful open source tool originally created by Airbnb to design, schedule, and monitor ETL jobs. But what exactly does that mean, and why is the community so excited about it?

Background: OLTP vs. OLAP, Analytics Needs, and Warehouses

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Justin Gage

Technically explains software concepts like APIs and databases in easy to understand language and the right depth so you can impress your boss.