We want to achieve something similar with our pipelines [1] by making the beginning and the end of the pipeline symmetric, giving you this flow:

1. Acquire bytes (void → unstructured)

2. Parse bytes to events (unstructured → structured)

3. Transform events (structured → structured)

4. Print events (structured → unstructured)

5. Send bytes (unstructured → void)

The "Publish" part is a combination of (4) and (5). Sometimes they are fused because not all APIs differentiate those steps. We're currently focusing on building blocks (engine, connectors, formats) as opposed to application-level integrations, so turnkey Reverse ETL is not near. But the main point is that the symmetry reduces cognitive effort for the user, because they worked that muscle on the "E" side already and now just need to find the dual in the docs.

[1] https://docs.tenzir.com/blog/five-design-principles-for-buil...