The format war ended and exit cost did not: where lock-in relocated after open tables won, how to measure it, and which costs are worth keeping down.
A comparison of Great Expectations, Soda, dbt tests, and anomaly detection, and a layered design that uses each where it fits.
The case for generalists owning end-to-end data workflows with agents, the counterargument, and how to make the transition work.
How dbt incremental materializations map to Iceberg operations, and the configuration, predicates, and maintenance that keep them healthy.
