# A two-person team has Stripe, a Python ETL, and a Looker dashboard wired straight to the ETL

Canonical URL: <https://datadriven.io/problems/a-two-person-team-has-stripe-a-python-etl-and-a-looker-das-82b64a91>

Domain: Pipeline Design · Difficulty: medium

## Problem

A two-person team has Stripe, a Python ETL, and a Looker dashboard wired straight to the ETL. Stripe rate-limits at 100 req/min while the dashboard refreshes 200 times a day, so every refresh re-pulls Stripe and trips the limit; when the ETL crashes mid-run the chart goes blank. Apply the section's four-roles framing and add the role the canvas is missing so the dashboard can refresh without retouching Stripe and keep serving when the ETL is down.

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