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## Real-time Metadata Ingestion: APIs vs Kafka Explained

Metadata is the foundation of modern analytics and AI. When schemas change, new tables appear, or ownership shifts, those changes ripple immediately through dashboards, models, and pipelines. If metadata lags behind reality, teams lose trust and syst......

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