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Ideas for better data work.

Practical perspectives on engineering, AI and helping teams adopt new ways of working, from the people doing the work.

Timo Särkkä

Building a dbt project with AI: A Practical Walkthrough (Part 2)

In Part 2 of the series, we'll build metrics and a semantic layer on top of our models, connect to it via MCP (Model Context Protocol), and explore how AI agents can interact with our data and project natively.

  • dbt
  • ai
  • analytics-engineering
Timo Särkkä

Building a dbt project with AI: A Practical Walkthrough (Part 1)

AI-driven analytics engineering is here to stay, and the results are impressive. This blog post explores how tools like Claude Code can transform your dbt workflow, cutting hours of repetitive work and allowing you to focus on the big picture and architectural decisions.

  • dbt
  • ai
  • analytics-engineering
Simo

DIRECTED JOINS in SQL

Today I learned about a SQL feature I hadn't seen before: DIRECTED JOINS. Snowflake quietly added it last month as a preview feature.

  • snowflake
  • sql
  • analytics-engineering
Marvin

Kicking off Breakout Labs

Kicking off Breakout Labs at the #DISummit in Stockholm

  • breakout-labs
  • events