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Snowflake Generation 2 (Gen2) Warehouses: Are the Speed Gains Worth the Cost?
By Jeff Skoldberg & Ian WhitestoneMay 23, 202512 min read

Snowflake Generation 2 (Gen2) Warehouses: Are the Speed Gains Worth the Cost?

Snowflake's new Gen2 warehouses are much faster and cost 25% to 35% more. In this post, we help you understand the break even analysis and suggest specific workloads that show a large cost savings.

What's New In Snowflake: March 2025 Product Updates
By Jeff SkoldbergMay 22, 20256 min read

What's New In Snowflake: March 2025 Product Updates

In this post, Jeff covers the key features released by Snowflake in March 2025, including automatic sensitive data classification, schema-level replication for failover groups, asynchronous child jobs, and expanded support for dynamic tables.

Best Practices for dbt Workflows, Part 3: Slim Scheduled Builds
By Alex CarusoMar 25, 20259 min read

Best Practices for dbt Workflows, Part 3: Slim Scheduled Builds

Alex gives the best practice for dbt workflows in Snowflake in a 3-part series, explaining how to effectively use slim scheduled builds.

Best Practices for dbt Workflows, Part 2: Slim CI/CD Builds
By Alex CarusoMar 19, 20256 min read

Best Practices for dbt Workflows, Part 2: Slim CI/CD Builds

Alex gives the best practice for dbt workflows in Snowflake in a 3-part series, describing some techniques for achieving slim builds in CI/CD pipelines.

Best Practices for dbt Workflows, Part 1: Concepts & Slim Local Builds
By Alex CarusoMar 13, 20259 min read

Best Practices for dbt Workflows, Part 1: Concepts & Slim Local Builds

Alex gives the best practice for dbt workflows in Snowflake in a 3-part series, outlining key concepts and slim local builds.

A deep dive into Snowflake's Git Integration
By Tomáš SobotíkMar 4, 20259 min read

A deep dive into Snowflake's Git Integration

Tomas walks through Snowflake's native Git integration feature, and how to synchronize a remote repository with your Snowflake account

Everything You Need to Know About Snowflake Dynamic Tables
By Jeff SkoldbergFeb 13, 202514 min read

Everything You Need to Know About Snowflake Dynamic Tables

Jeff does a deep dive into how to make use of dynamic tables in Snowflake, covering key gotchas and best practices.

Sending Alerts to MS Teams from Snowflake
By Jeff SkoldbergFeb 5, 20256 min read

Sending Alerts to MS Teams from Snowflake

Jeff provides a detailed walkthrough of how to send alerts to Teams from Snowflake

Sending Alerts to Slack from Snowflake
By Jeff SkoldbergJan 29, 20257 min read

Sending Alerts to Slack from Snowflake

Jeff provides a detailed walkthrough of how to send alerts to Slack from Snowflake!

Secrets Management in Snowflake: A Step-by-Step Guide
By Jeff SkoldbergJan 24, 20254 min read

Secrets Management in Snowflake: A Step-by-Step Guide

Jeff dives into Snowflake's new Secrets functionality and how they can be used for securely storing API keys and more!

Snowflake Pricing Explained | 2025 Billing Model Guide
By Niall Woodward & Ian WhitestoneJan 18, 20259 min read

Snowflake Pricing Explained | 2025 Billing Model Guide

In this post, Ian & Niall do a deep dive into Snowflake's pricing model and explain the billing for each service.

Effective Filtering of Window Functions With Snowflake QUALIFY
By Jeff SkoldbergDec 9, 20244 min read

Effective Filtering of Window Functions With Snowflake QUALIFY

Jeff discusses how to use one of Snowflake's top SQL features, QUALIFY, to effectively filter window function results.