DAGs, Tasks, and the Scheduler Loop

The tool-agnostic vocabulary every orchestrator's docs assume you already know. DAG, task, operator, executor, sensor, scheduler heartbeat. Once you have these words, every orchestrator's docs read the same.

The tool-agnostic vocabulary every orchestrator's docs assume you already know. DAG, task, operator, executor, sensor, scheduler heartbeat. Once you have these words, every orchestrator's docs read the same.

Foundations7 chapters· 1h 28m· in Orchestration & Pipelines

Course content

  1. 01A DAG Is a Contract, Not a ScriptFree
  2. 02Tasks, Operators, and the Executor Wall🔒
  3. 03Sensors: Polling Disguised as Elegance🔒
  4. 04Logical Date vs Run Date: The Off-by-One That Paged Everyone🔒
  5. 05Backfills and Catchup: The Time Machine You Forgot You Turned On🔒
  6. 06Dependencies and the Trigger Rule Trap🔒
  7. 07The Scheduler Heartbeat🔒

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