Blogposts - Nimbus Intelligence

Nov 19

Apache Airflow vs Dagster for Data Orchestration

By Darko Monzio Compagnoni Uncategorized No Comments

In my last blog, I briefly described Dagster. In data engineering, effective orchestration tools are essential for managing increasingly complex data workflows. Among the most popular solutions are Apache Airflow…

Nov 04

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Using Dagster as a data orchestration tool: some examples

By Darko Monzio Compagnoni dbt, Uncategorized No Comments

Dagster is an innovative open-source data orchestrator which offers a robust solution for designing, testing, and running data pipelines. This blog post explores Dagster's unique features through practical, non-code examples,…

Oct 22

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How to read files from a Snowflake Internal Stage in Coalesce.io

By Darko Monzio Compagnoni Coalesce, Snowflake, Uncategorized No Comments

When working with Snowflake and Coalesce.io to build a modern data pipeline, one of the most essential tasks is reading files from Snowflake’s internal stages. These stages serve as the…

Oct 14

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5 ways to optimize Snowflake performance and reduce credit usage

By Darko Monzio Compagnoni Snowflake No Comments

Learning to optimize Snowflake performance and reduce credit usage is important to do more within Snowflake without breaking the budget. Last month I published a blog on the new QUERY_ATTRIBUTION_HISTORY…

Sep 12

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Cutting costs with the new QUERY_ATTRIBUTION_HISTORY view in Snowflake.

By Darko Monzio Compagnoni Snowflake, Uncategorized No Comments

I follow the Snowflake Data Superheroes on LinkedIn to get useful insights and updates about Snowflake. Today I found this post of Tomáš Sobotík introducing a new metric: QUERY_ATTRIBUTION_HISTORY. I…

Aug 29

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About dbt’s Column-level lineage feature

By Darko Monzio Compagnoni Uncategorized No Comments

Recently, dbt (data build tool) released Column-Level Lineage (CLL) within dbt Explorer, offering granular insights into the origins and transformations of data at the column level. What is Column-Level Lineage…

Jul 19

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The balance between privacy and personalization when collecting behavioral data.

By Darko Monzio Compagnoni Data, Security, Technology and Tools, Uncategorized No Comments

“Most of the world will make decisions by either guessing or using their gut. They will be either lucky or wrong.” – Suhail Doshi, chief executive officer, Mixpanel. Data is a…

Jul 05

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Here’s what you need to build a Customer 360

By Darko Monzio Compagnoni dbt, Snowflake, Technology and Tools, Uncategorized No Comments

First of all, what is a Customer 360? Hint: it's not a trick one can do on a skateboard or a BMX. A Customer 360 view is a game-changing asset…

Jun 06

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Snowflake’s involvement in the Ticketmaster data breach. What happened and how to prevent it.

By Darko Monzio Compagnoni Security, Snowflake, Uncategorized No Comments

Header photo by Kaffeebart on Unsplash On May 31, 2024, Ticketmaster confirmed a data breach that resulted in the loss of personal information for numerous customers. Fingers pointing at…

May 03

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Road to Snowflake Data Engineer: Storage and Data Protection

By Darko Monzio Compagnoni Snowflake, Uncategorized No Comments

Road to Snowflake Data Engineer: Storage and Data Protection Third blog of the Road to Snowflake Data Engineer series. If you missed the first two, I'll link them here Road…