Astronomer Blog

The latest insights from our team of Apache Airflow® experts.

February 13, 2025

Astro Observe is Now Generally Available

Naveen Sukumar Head of PMM & DevRel
Jason Ma VP, Product

The new standard for pipeline reliability and data product observability.

February 10, 2025

FreightWaves scales Data Engineering with Astronomer and Apache Airflow

FreightWaves transitioned from a scattered and inefficient setup to Astronomer’s Astro, powered by Apache Airflow, to transform their data engineering practices.

February 5, 2025

Airflow in Action: Insights From Scaling Multiple Workloads Across A Shared Environment at Rakuten Kobo

Discover Rakuten Kobo’s strategies for scaling Airflow usage across teams, fostering collaboration with guardrails, alerts, and shared environments.

September 22, 2021

Apache NiFi vs. Apache Airflow®

Get to know the major benefits and limitations of Apache NiFi and Apache Airflow, and see which of the two popular ETL tools is better for data management.

September 16, 2021

Airflow at Wise: Data Orchestrator in Machine Learning

Alexandra Abbas—a Machine Learning Engineer at Wise—explains what makes Airflow an ideal tool for data orchestration in the fintech industry.

September 3, 2021

How to Build an ETL Process?

Learn what an ETL process is and how to build it. Find out how Apache Airflow® can help you create, scale, and manage ETL pipelines more effectively.

August 24, 2021

Data Silos: What Are They and How to Fix Them?

Find out what causes data silos and how they hurt your business. Learn how Airflow and data orchestration can solve the data silo problem in your company.

August 17, 2021

Airflow at Societe Generale: Data Orchestration Solution in Banking

Hear from the Product Owner at Societe Generale about the benefits of implementing Airflow. Find out how data orchestration solutions are used in banking.

August 9, 2021

Data Pipeline: Components, Types, and Best Practices

Learn the basics of data pipeline building. Get to know data pipeline components, types, and best practices. See how Airflow can simplify the process.