I'm Michael, an engineering manager that made the switch to Data and AI engineering. I write articles on data engineering and AI tools to help everyone understand data engineering.
You need a lookup table in your warehouse. 20 minutes later you're still clicking through import wizards. dbt seed loads CSVs in 3 seconds with one command - saving $3,900 yearly.
Your VP just found duplicate customers in the revenue dashboard. You're debugging for three hours. dbt tests catch these issues in seconds - before anyone sees them. Here's how.
You're hunting for tables through Slack messages and grep searches. 90 minutes later, you finally find it. dbt docs gives you searchable documentation with visual lineage - find any table in 5 seconds.
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