Marco d'Amore

Building the Semantic Layer @dbtlabs, formerly @transformio and @slackhq. I love all things tech, economics, history, cycling, and snow

[Marco d'Amore @mdamore9]

@lennysan are you on HW4 or hw3? My experience is good but not amazing with '23. Wondering if hw4 is the difference maker

[Marco d'Amore @mdamore9]

@far33d

[Marco d'Amore @mdamore9]

@datametrician @getdbt @SnowflakeDB @duckdb We have! ADBC (and Arrow in general) is a core component of the dbt Semantic Layer's architecture

[Marco d'Amore @mdamore9]

@nick_handel 🚀

[Marco d'Amore @mdamore9]

@mueblesfeos @nick_handel @dbt_labs Thank you! We’ve got a PR in review for the first round of loosening, but if there any specific deps giving you trouble please let us know so we can make sure to cover them

[Marco d'Amore @mdamore9]

@mueblesfeos @dbt_labs Thanks for catching. Agreed this is going to cause issues for lots of people. We will loosen the dependency requirements before the next release.

[Marco d'Amore @mdamore9]

@johnnyrodgersis @SlackHQ Yesssssss!!! I’ve wanted this for many years. ❤️

[Marco d'Amore @mdamore9]

@renaud Jim, to say it's been an honor working with you is an understatement. I will miss your nuggets of calmly delivered wisdom, and the nature with which your whole team looked up to you and did their best work every day with your mentorship

[Marco d'Amore @mdamore9]

@emmakayemccune @nick_handel @transformio Emma you’re still undefeated as Transform’s #1 recruiter

[Marco d'Amore @mdamore9]

@far33d @nick_handel @transformio Thanks Fareed, you've been a source of inspiration for me since the early days at Slack and I may not have taken the plunge for a startup if it weren't for your encouragement!

[Marco d'Amore @mdamore9]

@BryanOffutt Thanks Bryan. I deeply appreciate the support from you over the years for Transform as a whole and my own path within it!

[Marco d'Amore @mdamore9]

Over the past 2.5 years I've poured everything I had into helping build Transform alongside the best group of people I could have asked for. I'm so proud of the product and culture we have built, and cannot wait to bring the same passion to our next challenge at dbt 🚀

[dbt Labs @dbt_labs]

We’re excited to announce dbt Labs signed a definitive agreement to acquire Transform – the original innovators behind the semantic layer in the modern data stack – to bring the best modern semantic capabilities to dbt’s massive user base. Learn more: https://t.co/pe9JiiMwij

[Marco d'Amore @mdamore9]

@TahoeWeather It’s piling up at 7000ft on the West Shore!

[Marco d'Amore @mdamore9]

@k3llymariee ❤️❤️

[Marco d'Amore @mdamore9]

Tia was the most naturally gifted leader I've had the chance to work for. I am heartbroken, but deeply grateful for having been touched by her unique blend of authenticity, humor, and competence. It was such a pleasure to come to work every day to learn from and laugh with you 💔

[Nick Caldwell @nickcald]

My wife and soulmate, Tia Caldwell, passed away suddenly Saturday the 15th of October. She was only 39 years old yet lived a full, beautiful, and accomplished life overflowing with love. Services will be held this weekend in Sacramento, rsvps will go out today.

[Transform Data @transformio]

Dive into our #dbt integration in our most recent blog post where we go over the details and workflows that empower users to take their #dbtmetrics to the next level.

https://t.co/DB20ivDJZb

[Nick Handel @nick_handel]

Good stuff is happening in MetricFlow😻
🧱Databricks Support
📇Semi-Additive Metrics (like Account Balance)
🏋️‍♂️Constraints in multi-measure metrics

Big stuff up next
🦋Conversion Metrics
🐞Percentile Measures
☠️Kill Queries
⌛️Metrics from SCD Tables

https://t.co/Wl8xcoA62v

[Marco d'Amore @mdamore9]

@kevinzenghu @BryanOffutt The Wizard and the Prophet goes pretty deep on this and other discoveries that support modern life - good way to start down this rabbit hole https://t.co/i7EKOh1pe9

[Marco d'Amore @mdamore9]

@josh_wills All of this just gets dramatically easier with a metrics layer and central server that can manage the cache and break down incoming queries into their constituent metrics, dimensions, data sources, etc

[Marco d'Amore @mdamore9]

@josh_wills We're just kicking off a project to automatically create and schedule materializations for popular dashboards in our BI tool. Imagine a toggle embedded into the dashboard, no code required. Paired with a result cache, I'm pretty confident we'll get to sub-second load times