Thoughts on Snowflake cost management, dbt, and building Gelida.
Every month, the same conversation. Someone from finance asking why the Snowflake bill was higher than last month. And every month, hours of digging through ACCOUNT_USAGE with no good tools to help...
Teams routinely discover they're paying 30–50% more than they need to, often without realising it until the bill lands. Here's what to do about each source of waste.
Choosing the wrong warehouse size is one of the most common and costly mistakes Snowflake users make. Too small and queries queue. Too large and you burn credits you don't need.