Databricks processes your data. dbt defines what it means
Summary
Databricks handles compute while dbt governs the transformation logic that defines what the data actually means — yet organizations routinely bundle these as a single approval decision. The post argues executives should treat the platform choice and the transformation-logic choice as separate decisions, not one.
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