Local dbt pipelines on DuckDB crunch 400 MB in 45 s on a MacBook
With the new dbt‑duckdb adapter, you can run full dbt transformation pipelines entirely on your laptop. A persisted DuckDB database plus external GeoJSON files process 400 MB of railway and cartography data in 40‑45 seconds on a MacBook Pro, proving local‑first ETL is fast and practical.