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> Now, isn't your reaction, upon reading this, some version of: "Whaaat? Views are not materializations - by definition, they are essentially the opposite of ma
by mb7733 4y ago
> Now, isn't your reaction, upon reading this, some version of: "Whaaat? Views are not materializations - by definition, they are essentially the opposite of materializations
I'd never heard of dbt before today but from a quick scan of that page it's clear to me what a that 'materialization' is in dbt. It's not the same as a SQL 'materialized view'; it could be a SQL view, an SQL table, a CTE, or a table with extra machinery for incremental updating.
In my experience in software it's common for similar words to be used for different concepts in different contexts. I think the dbt documentation is well done so I don't see a big issue.
- akhmatova 4y agoIn my experience in software it's common for similar words to be used for different concepts in different contexts. Right, but when it happens it's usually because these words get used differently in different domains. What's happening here is that they're carelessly (in my view) mangling a well-established concept in a field (speaking of the SQL and database world) where folks are (notoriously) careful about word choice and about what things actually, in fact, mean. It just feels weird, and on a certain gut level - koolaid-y.
- FridgeSeal 4y agoThe whole hype around dbt and snowflake feels koolaid-y to me. They’re some products that have inexplicably captured so much s as attention for so little value and now trounce around acting like their approach is the only true way of doing things.