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What's Next?

Congratulations! 🚀 You've completed the Seeknal Quick Start.

You've learned the pipeline builder workflow and run your first pipeline. Now what?


Choose Your Learning Path

Seeknal supports three main personas. Choose the one that matches your role:

Data Engineer Path

Build production data pipelines at scale.

  • Chapter 1: Build an ELT Pipeline — Ingest data from APIs, transform with DuckDB, output to warehouses
  • Chapter 2: Add Incremental Models — Handle change data capture and schedule automated runs
  • Chapter 3: Production Environments — Virtual environments, change categorization, and promotion

Time commitment: 3 chapters × 20-30 minutes

Perfect for: Data Engineers, ETL Developers, Pipeline Engineers

Start Data Engineer Path →


Analytics Engineer Path

Create semantic models and business metrics for self-serve analytics.

  • Chapter 1: Define Semantic Models — Create entities, dimensions, and measures
  • Chapter 2: Create Business Metrics — KPIs, ratios, cumulative metrics
  • Chapter 3: Deploy for Self-Serve Analytics — StarRocks deployment and BI tool integration

Time commitment: 3 chapters × 20-30 minutes

Perfect for: Analytics Engineers, Data Analysts, BI Developers

Start Analytics Engineer Path →


ML Engineer Path

Build feature stores with point-in-time joins for ML applications.

  • Chapter 1: Build Feature Store — Feature groups, point-in-time joins, training data
  • Chapter 2: Second-Order Aggregation — Multi-level features and window functions
  • Chapter 3: Training-to-Serving Parity — Online serving and model integration

Time commitment: 3 chapters × 20-30 minutes

Perfect for: ML Engineers, Data Scientists, MLOps Engineers

Start ML Engineer Path →


Not Sure Which Path?

Can't decide?

Here's a quick guide:

  • Start with Data Engineer if you want to understand the fundamentals
  • Choose Analytics Engineer if you care about business metrics and BI
  • Choose ML Engineer if you're building ML models and need features

Pro tip

You can always come back and complete multiple paths! Each one reinforces the core concepts.


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Reference Material

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Track Your Progress

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  • Quick Start (completed!)
  • Data Engineer Path
  • Analytics Engineer Path
  • ML Engineer Path
  • Concepts review
  • Building Blocks deep dive

Quick Reference

Command Purpose
seeknal init <name> Create a new project
seeknal draft <kind> Generate a template
seeknal apply <file> Add to project
seeknal run Execute pipeline
seeknal status View applied resources
seeknal --help All commands

You're ready to continue your Seeknal journey! Choose your path above and let's build something great.