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Best practices for designing and managing them include user-centric design, clear business objective alignment, scalability, robust metadata management, ETL-based integration, data quality monitoring, role-based access control, and establishing governance frameworks. Ongoing performance monitoring, user feedback collection, and regular updates are essential for long-term success. The post also highlights compliance considerations (GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2) and the value of data lineage visibility, particularly in regulated industries like financial services and telecommunications. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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