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July 16, 2026

How to Reduce Databricks Costs Beyond the Easy Wins

The quick wins cap out fast. Learn how to reduce Databricks costs beyond them by optimizing what your jobs do, with real numbers from production pipelines.

July 13, 2026

Databricks Cost Optimization, Actually Explained

A practitioner-tested databricks cost optimization framework covering waste, compute sizing, workflow design, storage, and governance, with real numbers

July 07, 2026

The Iceberg Dream: load, transform, and serve Snowflake-managed Iceberg using zero Snowflake compute

Load and transform Snowflake-managed Iceberg tables using dlt and dbt with zero Snowflake compute, then serve them with full governance, RBAC, masking, and lineage intact.

June 11, 2026

Snowflake Summit 2026: Product Announcement Recap

Jeff Skoldberg breaks down every major announcement from Snowflake Summit 2026, from Datastream and Adaptive Compute to CoCo, CoWork, and the Natoma acquisition.

June 10, 2026

Why We Built SELECT for Databricks

Ian Whitestone explains why SELECT expanded to Databricks: multi-platform cost visibility, compute complexity, and what that means for your data team's spend.

May 29, 2026

Adaptive vs Gen1: where does Snowflake's new warehouse actually save you money?

We benchmarked Snowflake's Adaptive Warehouse against Gen1 across four workload types. Here's where it saves money, where Gen1 wins, and which dials actually matter.

April 28, 2026

Databricks Pricing Explained: The 3 Controls that Actually Matter

Databricks bills you twice and DBU rates vary up to 3.5x. Learn the three cost controls that prevent most surprises: auto-termination, Job Compute, and tagging.

April 16, 2026

SELECT Announces Automated BigQuery Cost Optimization Early Access Program

SELECT by DoiT automates BigQuery cost optimization — storage, slot reservations, and query routing — built on $250M+ in proven data platform spend.

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