further articles read as part of this:

• https://www.tutorialspoint.com/what-is-data-staging
• https://medium.com/the-prefect-blog/how-to-use-prefect-and-monte-carlo-to-achieve-more-reliable-data-pipelines-24f2b31baa3a#8fde
• https://resources.montecarlodata.com/product-tour/649351140?_ga=2.91087071.412425057.1649054024-821509187.1648887023

monte carlo:

• tracks
  • schema changes
  • when data was updated
  • lineage
• used for data engineering, not complex stuff
• seems rather limited

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