This article walks through setting up a future-proof data stack by outsourcing ingestion to turnkey tools, sticking with SQL-based transforms, and carefully integrating AI without ignoring fundamentals. It also covers key areas like data quality, storage and compute choices, and when to move from replicas to a full warehouse or lakehouse.

Chrome now lets you save reusable Gemini prompts as “Skills” for one-click access instead of retyping or copy-pasting each time. Saved Skills sync across devices when you’re signed in, and you trigger them with “/” or the plus button in Gemini. They still require confirmation for actions like messaging or calendar entries.