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DalekThai

CAPGov, Public Data Platform

ETL pipelines turning large public datasets into evidence policy researchers can cite.

The record

Role
Undergraduate researcher, ETL
Year
2023 – 2026
Stack
  • Python
  • SQL
  • Docker
  • ETL
Proof
analytical dashboards in use

Overview

Three years building the data infrastructure behind evidence-based policy research: pipelines that ingest large public datasets, validate them, and land them somewhere analysts can trust.

What I built

  • Built the ETL pipelines in Python and SQL that ingest and process the large public datasets behind the group's policy research.
  • Moved a legacy setup onto containerized Docker services, so a researcher gets a working environment from one command and development matches production.
  • Replaced manual data entry with validation at ingest, so a bad row is caught before it reaches an analytical dashboard rather than after someone has already cited it.