**SDF** is a next-generation build system for data infrastructure that compiles all data contracts, queries, and policies at once to build code-level, time-level, and access-level dependencies. 

**Key features** and advantages include:

* **Scalability**: SDF is the first scalable build system for data infrastructure.
* **Local execution**: SDF enables local execution of SQL development with intelligent workflows and data governance packed into 60MB of Rust-based magic.
* **Data governance**: SDF enables precise column-level lineage analysis that generates a full-featured data catalog out of the box.
* **Easy to use**: SDF is a powerful and easy-to-use data development platform that enables organizations at any scale to fully leverage their data while respecting all relevant policies and protections.
* **Cloud-based**: SDF runs its soon-to-be open-source engine in the cloud to take your deployments from a single command to an automatically scheduled workflow with policies enforced in real-time.
**Use cases** for SDF involve various data-related activities:

* Build code-level, time-level, and access-level dependencies for data infrastructure.
* Compile data contracts, queries, and policies at once to streamline SQL development.
* Generate a full-featured data catalog out of the box with precise column-level lineage analysis.
* Enable organizations at any scale to fully leverage their data while respecting all relevant policies and protections.
* Schedule workflows with policies enforced in real-time.

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