The flow "abstraction ladder" - more than ETL
Lots of effort in the last couple of months has been on "flow" endeavors, and possibly put me behind schedule a little bit. I think it's an investment in the whole system though - and I think you'll agree.
Why are flows good and what can you do with them? Let's see.
Nice little chill video that I hope sheds light on it.
More than just ETL. The RVBBIT flow "abstraction ladder".
— Ryan Robitaille (@ryrobes) March 2, 2024
1 - build, run, schedule (old school) ~0:00
2 - run headlessly, pick outputs, inject inputs ~1:49
3 - combine #2 into a fixed UI element ~3:10
4 - configure a "drop" as visual fn ~3:25
5 - as UDF call ~4:30 pic.twitter.com/ZwyIJMCvg6
As you can see they are baked into the whole system. You don't have to use them, you can have a pure SQL + parameters + actions dashboard, but with flows it's really like "calculated fields on crack"... 👀