The Vertex Journal· 1 min read
DuckDB can write to an Iceberg catalog now, in an alpha
dbt Core's v2 alpha gives DuckDB read-write Horizon and Unity catalogs over Iceberg REST. Useful, checkable, and not yet something to put on a migration plan.
#duckdb#dbt#iceberg
Tagged: dbt
4 articles
· 2 min read
dbt Core stayed Apache 2.0, and that was the only question
Fivetran and dbt Labs closed their merger the same day dbt Core v2 shipped. Only one of those announcements changed what a data team can rely on.
#dbt#transformation#licensing
· 4 min read
ELT won. The bill for winning has arrived.
Transformation moved into the warehouse and brought its costs along. What the Fusion-era tooling race says about where the pain actually is.
#elt#dbt#transformation
· 4 min read
Transformation tooling in 2026, ranked by what actually hurts
The SQL transformation layer has one incumbent, one architectural challenger and a lot of noise. A rundown organized around the pain each tool removes.
#dbt#sqlmesh#transformation