DeepSeek Cost 62% Less Than Claude. The Surprising Part Wasn't the Savings…If you're running an AI agent on data (pipeline diagnostics, schema exploration, ad-hoc SQL, lineage queries), you've looked at the model bill and asked the same question we did: "The cheaper model oJun 10, 2026·15 min read
Best Data Conferences 2026: The Complete GuidePlanning your data conference 2026 calendar for the rest of 2026? Here are the must-attend events, with dates, locations, and who should go (besides yourself!).May 11, 2026·6 min read
Claude Code or Altimate Code for Data Engineering?Claude Code is fast, writes good software code, and can even handle dbt models and other data engineering tasks to certain extent. At first glance Altimate Code, the data engineering harness, may seemApr 23, 2026·13 min read
We built AI that actually works for data engineering. We crushed the ADE benchmark.tl;dr : Today, we are launching Altimate Code, an open-source agentic data engineering harness that far exceeds generic LLMs (and other leading models) on data engineering tasks. Check out the projectMar 19, 2026·6 min read
Teaching Claude Code the Art of Data Engineering: Introducing Altimate SkillsHow we achieved 19% improvement on real-world data tasks — and what it taught us about AI-assisted data development.Jan 22, 2026·13 min read
Adaptive Compute vs. Auto Tune: A Practical Guide to Optimizing Snowflake WarehousesManaging Snowflake warehouses efficiently is a constant balancing act. Set them too large, and you're burning money on idle compute. Too small, and your queries slow to a crawl, frustrating users and missing SLAs. For many organizations, this manual ...Jul 30, 2025·12 min read
Supercharging Cursor IDE: How the dbt Power User Extension’s Embedded MCP Server Unlocks AI-Driven dbt DevelopmentIntroduction We’re excited to announce a major new capability in the dbt Power User VSCode extension: an embedded Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. This MCP server is now built directly into the extension, acting as a bridge between AI-powered dev...Mar 21, 2025·18 min read
