Whitepapers

The long-form library.

Field-tested guides we publish a few times a year. Drop your email and we'll send the PDF — and that's it.

The Transparent Migration Checklist

32 questions we ask before quoting a Snowflake or Databricks migration

A field-tested checklist covering business case, data foundation, tooling, team capacity, and risk. The same questions we'd ask in a paid assessment — yours to keep.

For: Heads of Data, CTOs, VP Analytics

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Whitepaper · 16 pages

The Data Foundation for AI Checklist

22 questions we ask before quoting a RAG, copilot, or agentic AI build

The AI mirror of our Transparent Migration Checklist. Twenty-two questions we use in every AI Enablement assessment to surface the entity, lineage, semantic, document, vector, and governance gaps that decide whether your model ships or quietly stalls in week six.

For: Heads of Data, AI Product Leads, CDOs

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Whitepaper · 24 pages

The Snowflake Cost Optimization Playbook

Eight levers we pull when Snowflake bills get out of control

If your Snowflake bill grew faster than your data, this playbook walks through the eight optimization levers that consistently cut spend 30-50% without rewriting a single query.

For: Data Platform Leads, FinOps

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