Keeping the Grip on Decoupled Code Using CLIs
summary
Babbel uses lightweight command-line interfaces (CLIs) to connect decoupled components by packaging utilities with conda, exposing commands via setuptools entry points, and providing simple CLI scripts so teams can run composed pipelines without touching internals. The approach produces installable command packages with documentation and demos—showing packaged commands, install workflows, and a CLI that composes multiple microservices—resulting in onboarding and ad-hoc analysis time shrinking from days to hours.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Decoupled code and CLIs
- 4:07Decoupled code needs tooling
- 7:30Lightweight data engineering
- 10:57Demo: Klempner CLI
- 14:01Klempner simplifies infra
- 18:16Live demo: Klempner
- 20:11Q&A
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