📅 2025-10-27 — Session: Optimized 2025 Election Data Pipeline and Automation Tasks
🕒 17:00–18:30
🏷️ Labels: Data Pipeline, Automation, Csv Processing, Accounting, Normalization
📂 Project: Dev
Session Goal
The session aimed to optimize the 2025 election data pipeline and manage automation tasks efficiently.
Key Activities
- Conducted a sanity check for the 2025 election data pipeline, identifying mismatches and necessary normalizations.
- Discussed the efficiency of normalization scripts, emphasizing avoiding redundant preprocessing.
- Planned CSV alignment between 2025 and 2023 data formats using command-line operations.
- Implemented a fix for blank headers in CSV files using csvcut and find commands.
- Outlined a Financial Week Touch and systems mini-sprint, including detailed checklists for task management.
- Optimized an ingestion pipeline with steps for idempotency and error handling.
- Developed a daily action plan to reduce risk and improve system reliability.
- Diagnosed and proposed actions for optimizing PDF file management in accounting systems.
- Automated inventory and analysis commands for file structures.
- Planned filesystem reconstruction and remediation for enhanced data management.
- Outlined a revamp plan for the Q4 2025 accounting pipeline to ensure deterministic financial reporting.
- Provided SQL schema and Python scripts for database ingestion of statement PDFs.
Achievements
- Completed a comprehensive review and optimization of the 2025 election data pipeline.
- Established efficient workflows for CSV processing and file management.
- Developed robust plans for financial and accounting system improvements.
Pending Tasks
- Further testing and validation of the revamped accounting pipeline.
- Implementation of the filesystem reconstruction plan.
- Continued monitoring and adjustment of the ingestion pipeline for optimal performance.