
This piece is a community contribution from Alejandro Aboy, a data engineer with nearly a decade of experience across analytics, engineering, and digital tracking. Currently at Workpath, he is the main data platform stack owner, building scalable pipelines, automating workflows, and prototyping AI-powered SaaS analytics using tools like Airflow, dbt, Aurora, and Metabase. With prior roles at AILY Labs and Ironhack, Alejandro has built a strong foundation in web and marketing analytics, shifting into modern data stack tools to deliver robust ELT workflows, visualisations, and governance systems. He also writes The Pipe & The Line, where he reflects on modern data engineering and the evolving stack. We’re thrilled to feature their unique insights on Modern Data 101!We actively collaborate with data experts to bring the best resources to a 10,000+ strong community of data leaders and practitioners.