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Stephen Sciortino 5/13/25 Stephen Sciortino 5/13/25

Snowflake Is Deprecating Password-Only Sign-ins: Here’s What You Need to Know

Snowflake is phasing out password-only logins by November 2025—impacting both human and service users. If you’re not ready with proper MFA, OAuth, or key-pair setups, your data access could break. Here’s what’s changing, who’s affected, and how to migrate securely.

Stephen Sciortino 5/6/25 Stephen Sciortino 5/6/25

The Stripe Modeling Guide We Wish We Had

From time zone confusion to tricky MRR logic and FX conversion delays, building reliable Stripe models takes more than a plug-and-play mindset. We break down what to watch for—and how to fix it using dbt.

Chisom Mbama 4/1/25 Chisom Mbama 4/1/25

How to Set Up dbt on Windows (Step-by-Step)

Get dbt up and running on your Windows with this step-by-step guide. Learn how to set up Python, Git, virtual environments, and profiles.yml for a smooth dbt development experience.