Comment on Dbt Labs acquires SDF LabsComments−GoToRO1yWhat does Dbt Labs do? I've read their website, but I need a concrete example.−CaveTech1yIn simplest of terms, it's a templating and orchestration layer for data pipelines which which compiles purely into SQL expressions.−grajaganDev1yHow is it different from Looker and LookML?−anon848736281yLooker is mostly a reporting tool. LookML let's you define some transformations that happen at query time. There is a little bit of materialization functionality with the PDTs, but that doesn't seem intended as a replacement for other "ELT" tools.−ra1yThink of dbt as yarn for SQL, only the SQL is built from jinja templates.dbtlabs also sells dbt cloud, which provides a runtime for your dbt projects.−aradox661yIt takes your data operation from 1995 to 2025−ewuhic1yGiven replies to this comment, I cannot think of a more useless thing. Yarn for sql in cloud, why?? Why is that needed???
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What does Dbt Labs do? I've read their website, but I need a concrete example.
In simplest of terms, it's a templating and orchestration layer for data pipelines which which compiles purely into SQL expressions.
How is it different from Looker and LookML?
Looker is mostly a reporting tool. LookML let's you define some transformations that happen at query time. There is a little bit of materialization functionality with the PDTs, but that doesn't seem intended as a replacement for other "ELT" tools.
Think of dbt as yarn for SQL, only the SQL is built from jinja templates.
dbtlabs also sells dbt cloud, which provides a runtime for your dbt projects.
It takes your data operation from 1995 to 2025
Given replies to this comment, I cannot think of a more useless thing. Yarn for sql in cloud, why?? Why is that needed???