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0 pointsnojito3y ago0 comments

Using a data warehouse as a processing engine is one of the dumbest things to come out of the data world.

ELT is genius marketing though!

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dominotw3y ago

why is it dumb?

nojitoOP3y ago

Allows providers to double and triple bill a user when under ETL they would only charged once.

dominotw3y ago

not sure i follow this. Why wouldn't you pay more if you are doing more inside the warehouse. Also setting up systems to run places for pre wh transform isn't free.

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0 pointsnojito3y ago0 comments

Using a data warehouse as a processing engine is one of the dumbest things to come out of the data world.

ELT is genius marketing though!

0 comments

dominotw3y ago

why is it dumb?

nojitoOP3y ago

Allows providers to double and triple bill a user when under ETL they would only charged once.

dominotw3y ago

not sure i follow this. Why wouldn't you pay more if you are doing more inside the warehouse. Also setting up systems to run places for pre wh transform isn't free.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse