ELT meaning: Extract, Load, Transform. It’s the lazy (but smart) way to handle data.
Why? Because you let the warehouse do the heavy lifting *after* loading. Perfect for cloud setups.
Example: Stripe payments → Snowflake → transform with dbt.
Tools? Meltano’s cool if you’re into open-source.
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Thanks everyone! This makes way more sense now. Didn’t realize ELT was so tied to cloud warehouses.
Quick follow-up: Anyone used dbt with ELT? Heard it’s killer for transformations but not sure if it’s overkill for small projects.
Also, shoutout to the tool recs—def checking out Fivetran and Hevo.
Why? Because you let the warehouse do the heavy lifting *after* loading. Perfect for cloud setups.
Example: Stripe payments → Snowflake → transform with dbt.
Tools? Meltano’s cool if you’re into open-source.
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Thanks everyone! This makes way more sense now. Didn’t realize ELT was so tied to cloud warehouses.
Quick follow-up: Anyone used dbt with ELT? Heard it’s killer for transformations but not sure if it’s overkill for small projects.
Also, shoutout to the tool recs—def checking out Fivetran and Hevo.