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GCP vs AWS Data Warehousing and Analytics: Which Service to Pick?
By Matthew PorterSep 5, 202419 min read

GCP vs AWS Data Warehousing and Analytics: Which Service to Pick?

Data warehousing on AWS and Google Cloud a comprehensive comparison

Utilizing ClickHouse to Reduce Costs from Your BigQuery and Looker Usage Part 1
By Sayle MatthewsJun 30, 20249 min read

Utilizing ClickHouse to Reduce Costs from Your BigQuery and Looker Usage Part 1

Reduce your Looker and BigQuery Costs by Utilizing Clickhouse to “cache” your data

Transitioning from BigQuery Flat-Rate Commitments: A Guide to Editions & On-Demand
By Matan BordoMay 9, 202413 min read

Transitioning from BigQuery Flat-Rate Commitments: A Guide to Editions & On-Demand

How to smoothly transition your expiring BigQuery flat-rate commitments to a different pricing plan, and keep your usage optimized afterward.

Leverage Malloy and Looker for a Unified, Future-Proof Data Warehouse
By Matthew PorterAug 2, 202319 min read

Leverage Malloy and Looker for a Unified, Future-Proof Data Warehouse

SQL has downsides that limits collaboration around analyzing complex datasets. Here's how Malloy addresses SQL's faults to help you operate at scale.

BigQuery Editions and What You Need to Know
By Sayle MatthewsMay 31, 202325 min read

BigQuery Editions and What You Need to Know

Comprehensive Guide to the Changes on BigQuery Compute from BigQuery Editions Announcement

BigQuery — keep fresh data while avoiding large-scale mutations
By Nadav WeissmanMay 4, 20239 min read

BigQuery — keep fresh data while avoiding large-scale mutations

Avoid merge or join and use deduplication and clone in large dataset updates

The BigQuery Autoscaling Public Preview Rundown (DoiT Edition)
By Sayle MatthewsApr 4, 202311 min read

The BigQuery Autoscaling Public Preview Rundown (DoiT Edition)

Author’s note: Google announced on March 29, 2023 that they are rolling out a completely new billing model for BigQuery that includes, and…

Identifying your costliest BigQuery queries
By Sayle MatthewsFeb 14, 20237 min read

Identifying your costliest BigQuery queries

In an edited excerpt from a series on optimizing BigQuery costs and performance, we explore how to identify the queries in your environment that are incurring the most costs.

Avoiding eight common BigQuery query mistakes
By Sayle MatthewsJan 10, 20237 min read

Avoiding eight common BigQuery query mistakes

If you want to speed up your query processing and reduce the costs involved, you should avoid these eight common mistakes.

BigQuery Optimizations (Part 2)
By Sayle MatthewsJan 10, 202312 min read

BigQuery Optimizations (Part 2)

Primer on BigQuery Cost and Performance Optimizations

Prepare to take control of your BigQuery costs
By Sayle MatthewsDec 13, 20226 min read

Prepare to take control of your BigQuery costs

BigQuery is a versatile data warehouse that helps you turn big data into valuable insights – but you can run up costs fast. In the first of a series of detailed guides, we show you how to use it efficiently.