Curated resources on modern pipeline orchestrators: Dagster's asset-centric model and Prefect's hybrid execution -- alternatives to Airflow for greenfield data stacks.
Dagster's asset-centric model is a conceptual upgrade over Airflow's task-centric model. The getting-started tutorial is one of the best in the data tooling space.
Prefect is the third major orchestrator worth knowing. Its hybrid execution model (cloud orchestration, local workers) fits teams that cannot run their own Airflow cluster.
A direct comparison of the three major orchestrators across key dimensions: scheduling, testing, observability, and operational complexity.
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