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Data

dbt

Origin

dbt (data build tool) was developed by Fishtown Analytics starting in 2016. It brought software engineering practices like testing and versioning to SQL transformation.

Benefits

  • Modular SQL code with tests and documentation
  • Clear separation of extraction and transformation
  • Excellent integration into modern warehouses

Drawbacks

  • Focus on batch transformations
  • Requires a cloud warehouse as a foundation

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