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Open Source Airflow Contributions and Performance Improvements at G-Research with Christos Bisias

Modern Airflow isn’t just orchestration. It's a contribution.



In this episode, we explore how open source investment drives real performance gains and deeper observability.

We’re joined by Christos Bisias, Open Source Software Engineer, Apache Airflow at G-Research, to discuss how his team uses Airflow for large-scale data transformations, contributes upstream and improves scheduler throughput and OpenTelemetry support. From trace-level observability to CI-enforced metrics governance and a major scheduler optimization, this conversation spans strategy, engineering and community impact.

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