Computation is the most expensive part of your data stack

Computation is the most expensive part of your data stack.

So, if you’re thinking about becoming more cost effective, you need to reduce the amount of computation you need to do in order to produce value for the business.

Three ways to do that:

1. Do more computation before the data reaches your data stack, by shifting left
2. Invest in your data modelling skills, so you can build more efficient pipelines
3. Decommission data pipelines whose costs outweigh their value