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5 Beginner-Friendly Projects to Learn Data Engineering (Using Free Tools)

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Title: 5 Beginner-Friendly Projects to Learn Data Engineering (Using Free Tools)

  1. CSV to SQL Migration Pipeline with Python

  2. Real-Time Twitter Hashtag Counter using Kafka & Spark

  3. Data Lake Setup on AWS S3 using Apache Iceberg

  4. Weather Data Ingestion + Transformation with Airflow

  5. Build a Personal Movie Recommendation System using Pandas & SQLite

Bonus: Where to Host Projects (GitHub, Streamlit, etc.)

Each project includes:
✅ What you’ll learn
✅ Tools used
✅ Difficulty
✅ Bonus Tip

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