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# [OLTP vs OLAP: The Difference Every Data Engineer Should Know](https://thedatatrench.hashnode.dev/oltp-vs-olap?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

The foundation beneath every data pipeline — and why it matters more than people think

May 15 · 10 min read · thedatatrench.hashnode.dev  
Updated May 28  
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Building data pipelines. Breaking them down for you.

Senior Data Engineer by day, reluctant blogger by... also day (it's a work in progress). I write about dbt, Databricks, Snowflake, and whatever corner of the modern data stack I'm currently lost in.

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