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So, it's like a makefile with some SQL to do ELT?

"Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something."

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Edit: if you didn't mean it dismissively and want to clarify that, I'd be happy to remove this comment. We unfortunately see quite a few comments along the lines of "so basically, this is just super-simple $thing and therefore this is dumb" and I interpreted yours through that lens.

Is it a dismissal or is it someone asking for affirmation on their understanding of the product? I think it can be read both ways.

If it is for for affirmation. The answer is Yes. I even write a similar tool using Scons. However, dbt is far better.

I wavered about that for a little while and then settled on the dismissive interpretation.

If I misread the comment and elchief wants to clarify, I'd be happy to apologize and correct the mistake.

I actually really like DBT and advocated for it. It is however quite a simple tool, just some wrappers and a workflow around SQL transformations. Maybe it’s simplicity is it’s quality, but the OP you replied to isn’t as far off the mark as similar comments.

nope, it has lots of other fantastic features such as a dag, macros, etc.

make is the OG DAG. And has macros

In theory, you could write dbt in make. Actually, Whenever I introduce to others about workflow concepts (DAG), I tell them it is similar to how make works.

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