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I've been on the lookout for a lighter, faster version of dbt and I was hoping sdf might be it. For our (https://www.definite.app/ https://www.definite.app/) u
by mritchie712 2y ago
I've been on the lookout for a lighter, faster version of dbt and I was hoping sdf might be it.
For our (https://www.definite.app/ https://www.definite.app/) use case, I'd love to have something that compiles client-side, but in general dbt just feels like a lot of work to set up for what most of our customers actually need (simple transform to create tables and views).
- thenaturalist 2y agoA lot of work to set up? I'm quite surprised to hear that. It's literally pip install, a single file for your DB config and that's it. 30-40 seconds. I'm in no way affiliated with dbt but have worked with the tool since 2018. Lighter, faster, sure, but hard to set up? I'm not sure where you'd want to cut corners on setup.
- apwell23 2y agoI think they mean setting up in production.
- thenaturalist 2y agoEven that... the beauty of it and why it took off as much as it did is simplicity. Dockerfile, env var injection and you're done.
- dangoldin 2y agoI'm sure you've heard of SQLMesh but that seems like a potential fit. Or is it still too heavy handed?