{"id":"dagster-api","name":"Dagster","af_score":75.5,"security_score":null,"reliability_score":null,"what_it_does":"Asset-based data orchestration platform that models pipelines as a graph of data assets with dependencies, offering a GraphQL API for pipeline management and observability in data platform engineering.","best_when":"You're building a data platform with complex asset dependencies and want software engineering best practices (typing, testing, lineage) applied to data pipelines.","avoid_when":"Your data pipelines are simple, your team prefers task-based (not asset-based) thinking, or you already have Airflow or Prefect deeply integrated.","last_evaluated":"2026-03-01T09:50:05.458519+00:00"}