https://northgraindata.com/blog Articles about data engineering, dbt, Snowflake and data platforms. en https://northgraindata.com/blog/how-1-8-million-ball-bounces-shaped-an-evolvable-data-pipeline https://northgraindata.com/blog/how-1-8-million-ball-bounces-shaped-an-evolvable-data-pipeline Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@northgraindata.com (Bartek Kluska) Data architecture What Hawk-Eye's tennis tracking data shows about schema evolution, streaming pipelines and keeping years of history queryable. https://northgraindata.com/blog/northgrain-data-joins-dbt-labs-partner-program https://northgraindata.com/blog/northgrain-data-joins-dbt-labs-partner-program Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@northgraindata.com (Joachim Hodana) Company news Northgrain Data has joined the dbt Labs Partner Program, formalising our focus on production-ready dbt implementations, migrations and analytics engineering. https://northgraindata.com/blog/you-dont-need-big-data-to-make-data-driven-decisions https://northgraindata.com/blog/you-dont-need-big-data-to-make-data-driven-decisions Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@northgraindata.com (Joachim Hodana) Data engineering Most companies think a data platform is for enterprises with terabytes of data and dedicated data teams. It is not. https://northgraindata.com/blog/data-platform-audit-checklist https://northgraindata.com/blog/data-platform-audit-checklist Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@northgraindata.com (Joachim Hodana) Data engineering A practical data platform audit checklist for reviewing Airflow reliability, Snowflake costs, dbt controls, access and operational ownership. https://northgraindata.com/blog/do-you-actually-need-a-data-warehouse https://northgraindata.com/blog/do-you-actually-need-a-data-warehouse Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@northgraindata.com (Joachim Hodana) Data architecture A practical comparison of Postgres, DuckDB, MotherDuck and cloud warehouses based on workload shape, concurrency, governance and cost. https://northgraindata.com/blog/why-we-built-dbt-doctor https://northgraindata.com/blog/why-we-built-dbt-doctor Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@northgraindata.com (Joachim Hodana) Open source Why we built dbt-doctor, an offline static analysis tool that turns recurring dbt project issues into clear checks and a practical health score.