Data Ingestion Pipeline Extract, validate, and load data from diverse sources into target systems. Pipeline Architecture Source Extraction File-Based Sources API Extraction with Pagination Database Extraction Validation Schema Validation Business Rule Validation Deduplication Merge Strategy Staging Pattern Pipeline Orchestration Anti-Patterns - No validation gate — Always validate before loading; corrupt data is worse than missing data - Loading directly from source — Stage first; staging enables inspection and rollback - No deduplication — Sources often contain duplicates; handle at ingestio…