How I Migrate Legacy Code to dbt

My process for turning bad code into actionable insights

I’ve had to do this twice now as an analytics engineer.

Lifting and shifting code built in another platform and refactoring it to work in dbt.

I’ll be honest- it’s no easy feat. It takes a lot of planning, critical thinking, and humility. You can’t be afraid to start, backtrack, and pivot in an entirely different direction.

Most legacy data models are m…