# Data

* **Cloud-based data warehouses** (Redshift, followed by BigQuery and Snowflake) made data storage and processing affordable and fast.
* **Data pipeline services** (ex: Stitch, Fivetran) turned [data extraction](https://docs.getdbt.com/terms/data-extraction) into work that took only a few clicks
* **Business intelligence (BI) tools** (ex: Looker, Mode, Chartio) increased ability for stakeholders to be self-service.

[SQL exercises](https://www.sql-ex.ru/)

## Tools

* [https://www.metabase.com/](https://www.metabase.com/)
  * Fast analytics with the friendly UX and integrated tooling to let your company explore data on their own.
