Modern Data Stack in a Box
Set up the full modern data stack locally: dbt + DuckDB or Snowflake, Airflow, Metabase. The dominant 2026 stack.
About this project
Most data-engineer tutorials are 5+ years old. This project teaches the actual 2026 stack: dbt for transformations, DuckDB (or Snowflake free tier) for warehouse, Airflow for orchestration, Metabase for BI. Build a real pipeline: scrape or fetch a public dataset (Strava, weather, stocks), transform with dbt, schedule with Airflow, visualize in Metabase.
Why build this in 2026?
dbt + warehouse + orchestrator is the dominant 2026 data stack. Any data engineer interview will probe this.
What you'll ship
- GitHub repo with dbt project + Airflow DAGs
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