Liz Elfman

Thought leadership

A brief history of Snowflake

Here's a brief history of one of the powerhouse organizations bringing change and innovation to the data space: Snowflake.

Liz Elfman

Thought leadership

ETL vs. ELT

What are the intricacies of ETL and ELT? Here are their key characteristics, advantages and drawbacks, plus some use cases where you'd use each.

Liz Elfman

Thought leadership

Tackling data correctness: Lessons from Stripe

How does Stripe ensure end-to-end data reliability? Here, we walk through some real-life lessons learned and best practices for doing just that.

Liz Elfman

Thought leadership

Data observability in the modern data stack

Over the past five years, there's been a paradigm shift in data engineering. Here's how data observability fits into a “modern” data stack today.

Liz Elfman

Thought leadership

Incident management for data teams

Software engineers use a framework for incident management to resolve issues. Here's how to apply a few core incident management concepts to data teams.

Liz Elfman

Thought leadership

Snowflake Summit 2023 and data observability: 5 key takeaways

This post dissects Snowflake Summit 2023, from a data observability perspective. What do the announcements and new features mean for data observability?

Liz Elfman