DeDuplicating: SQL vs. Python

Both SQL and Python offer powerful functions to help data engineers clean data and eliminate dreaded ‘dupes’ in datasets.

Zach Quinn
Pipeline: Your Data Engineering Resource
6 min readJan 20, 2022

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One of the most important processes a data engineer can master is deduplicating values in order to provide clean data for data consumers. Since raw data can vary in format and cleanliness it is vital that data…

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Zach Quinn
Pipeline: Your Data Engineering Resource

Journalist—>Sr. Data Engineer; helping you target, land and excel in data-driven roles.