Kyle Cheung - Greybeam - Optimize Snowflake using DuckDB

DuckDB Internals: Why is DuckDB Fast? (Part 2 Vectorized Execution)

Jul 21, 2026 17 min read DuckDB

DuckDB has become one of those rare pieces of software whose greatness is difficult to capture in words. Part of that is its versatility. It is approachable enough for anyone to install, point

Automated Snowflake Savings, Now in Greysight

Jul 14, 2026 4 min read Optimization

Most teams have AUTO_SUSPEND set to 60 seconds. While that's best practise, it still leaves a gap, especially on multi-cluster warehouses where a burst in queries can leave several

Snowflake Cost Observability

Jul 6, 2026 3 min read

We work with a lot of teams running Snowflake, and most of them have narrow visibility into their costs. Finding out where you're spending usually means writing your own queries against

DuckDB Internals: Why is DuckDB Fast? (Part 1)

May 3, 2026 18 min read DuckDB

Walk through DuckDB's internals: how it skips serialization overhead, parses and optimizes SQL, and stores data in columnar row groups with zone maps.

Top 10 Data Orchestration Tools 2026

Apr 20, 2026 16 min read

How to choose the best open source data orchestration tool in 2026. Introduction 2026 has ushered in a couple of new entrants in the open source data orchestration landscape. Indeed, some of these