Summary
Congratulations, you are now able to draw and understand simple data models!
In this chapter, you have learned the bread and butter of data modeling using the E-R model at different levels, as well as how to express key ideas about your data.
You now know how to look at some of the most common data model patterns and you should not be tricked anymore by fan and chasm traps.
You have gone through the architectures and modeling styles in use today, learning about their pros and cons, and you have a better idea of the approach we will use in this book.
In the next chapter, Analytics Engineering as the New Core of Data Engineering, you will get a full picture of data engineering and then dive into the core of what we do with dbt: analytics engineering.
