⭐️ **LIVE MEETUP STREAM — Spark ⚡ vs dbt: Choosing Your Engine for Modern Data Workflows**

🔥 What to Expect
• Demystify both tools – strengths, limitations, and how they complement each other
• Three real-world architecture patterns – Spark-first, dbt-first, and hybrid
• Hands-on demo – dbt Core on Amazon Redshift: staging → transforms → tests & lineage
• Open Q&A – bring your toughest questions

🎯 Who Should Attend
Data engineers, analytics engineers, BI developers, architects, and anyone curious about modern ELT or the lakehouse. Whether you code PySpark or write SQL models in dbt, you’ll leave with clear “when to use what” guidelines.

🗓️ Agenda – IST (Indian Standard Time)
• 4:00 PM – 4:10 PM Virtual lobby opens, chat ice-breaker poll
• 4:10 PM – 4:15 PM Welcome, meetup updates, intro to Infolob Data + AI CoE and dbt practice
• 4:15 PM – 5:40 PM Talk + live demo – Speaker: Durga Gadiraju
• 5:40 PM – 6:00 PM Interactive Q&A, lightning polls, wrap-up
Stay tuned after the session for follow-up resources and recording links.

🔗 How to Join
A Zoom link and calendar invite will be emailed to everyone who RSVPs through Meetup. Check your Meetup messages or email notifications before we go live.

🎁 Perks
• Live-code repo and slide deck shared in chat and via email right after the session
• Raffle for cloud-credit gift cards and exclusive Infolob swag — must be present during the drawing to win!

Grab your favorite beverage, RSVP now, and get ready to settle the Spark-vs-dbt debate — spoiler: the answer might just be both!

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