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Semantic Debt: A Detour into Technical Debt
David Grover David Grover

Semantic Debt: A Detour into Technical Debt

In the second post of series on semantic debt, we make sure we’re clear on what technical debt is. Tech debt is expected rework to a production codebase caused by a specific decision. That means tech debt has to be based on real code before the debt can be real. And sometimes tech debt can disappear all on its own.

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RAYBEAM/DEPT® Data Analysts: Across the Stack
Tess Hamzeh Tess Hamzeh

RAYBEAM/DEPT® Data Analysts: Across the Stack

As a data-centric consulting firm, we work through the entire lifecycle of data for our clients. From API pulls of billions of rows of raw data to snappy statistics proudly shared with customers, we are involved in every step.

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Semantic Debt: A Series
David Grover David Grover

Semantic Debt: A Series

When a company can’t calculate campaign ROI, total units sold last year or days from order to delivery, they have a systemic problem integrating and using their data. We think of that as a semantic debt.

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Data Analyst’s Introduction to dbt
Claire Taylor Claire Taylor

Data Analyst’s Introduction to dbt

So you’re a data analyst and you’ve heard people talking about dbt, but don’t really know what it’s all about? If so this article is for you.

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