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La Nación Data Team and Live Dashboard

Staff AugmentationBusiness systems

Data architecture

The challenge

La Nación was building its data engineering team and needed technically strong talent, fast.

We added a senior Python developer to La Nación's data engineering team

1

senior Python developer, full-time

5+

tools across the data stack

2

agile frameworks: Scrum and Kanban

La Nación

Our solution

  • A senior Python developer, full-time on the data team
  • Data tools and analysis that connect data sources with business needs
  • Scrum and Kanban workflows
  • Guidance on the best way to roll out new technology tools

The result

  • A data engineering team strengthened with a senior Python developer from the start
  • Data from multiple sources integrated and ready for business analysis
  • Decisions on technology tools backed by hands-on technical experience
  • Steady delivery within an agile way of working
Adding value from day one
Building a data team takes time. Bringing in a senior developer with Python, BigQuery and ETL experience let La Nación keep its projects moving while it built out its own team.
Timeline
2020 – 2021
Team
A senior Python developer

Technologies used in this project:

PythonDjangoPandasBigQueryGoogle AnalyticsMatillion ETL

Real-time metrics dashboard

The challenge

La Nación wanted its news site's most important metrics on screen in real time, so that across its offices the numbers were always available, up to date and in plain view.

La Nación's key metrics, in real time and in plain view of the whole team

10+

real-time metrics

0

manual updates

3

types of data sources: databases, files and APIs

La Nación

Our solution

We designed and built a custom dashboard, made for videowalls, with:

  • Sessions with stakeholders and key users to understand the need and shape the solution
  • A UI built to be read at a glance on a videowall
  • Data pulled from multiple sources: databases, files and APIs
  • Google Cloud BigQuery integration
  • Real-time updates, with jobs running every few seconds
  • Query optimization for faster response times

The result

  • The site's key metrics, always on display across the offices
  • Data from different sources, brought together on a single board
  • Real-time data, with no manual updates
  • Fast responses, thanks to optimized queries
Designed to be read from across the room
A dashboard on a videowall isn't read like one on a laptop: people take it in from a distance, in a few seconds. So we put visual hierarchy, big numbers and simple comparisons first, making every metric clear at a glance.
Timeline
2019
Team
Two full-stack developers

Technologies used in this project:

ReactNode.jsPythonBigQuery

What La Nación says

Tupaca helped us quickly bring in strong talent with exactly the right technical skills at a pivotal moment, while we were building La Nación's data engineering team. From day one they showed a deep understanding of what we needed, which gave our team a solid foundation to succeed.

Gonzalo Leon

Gonzalo Leon

LinkedIn

Head of Data Architecture · La Nación

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