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Supraja Tangella
Supraja Tangella

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The hidden reason your data pipeline feels slow.

ETL isn’t old-school. It’s becoming smarter in 2025.

Yet most teams still build data pipelines the old way.

They extract, transform, load β€” but forget speed and scalability.

Legacy ETL pipelines choke when data volume explodes.

I switched one project from ETL β†’ ELT on Azure Data Lake.

Transformation time dropped by 60%. Real-time dashboards finally worked.

Modern data teams mix ETL, ELT, and Reverse ETL.

The key? Choose the right flow for the right workload.

Are you still running old ETL jobs… or modernizing your data flow?

What’s your go-to strategy β€” ETL, ELT, or Reverse ETL β€” and why?

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