What is dbt and Why Do Companies Use It?
If you have spent any time in data engineering recently, you have almost certainly heard of dbt. It is on almost every data job description, it is the centrepiece of the modern data stack, and yet a lot of people still cannot give a clear answer to the simple question: “What does dbt actually do?” This post is that clear answer. The Problem dbt Solves Before dbt, here is how data transformation typically worked: ...