Data is Rectangular and other Limiting Misconceptions(lloydtabb.substack.com)
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Data is Rectangular and other Limiting Misconceptions
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In software we express our ideas through tools. In data, those tools think in rectangles. From spreadsheets to the data warehouses, to do any analytical calculation, you must first go through a rectangle. Forcing data through a rectangle shapes the way we solve problems (for example, dimensional fact tables, OLAP Cubes). But really, most data isn’t rectangular