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Meetup talk 2025-11-05 at 17:00

From chaos to control - how we scaled dbt for 150 analysts and engineers

Event: Belgium dbt Meetup #12 (in-person)

Speakers

Mathias Lavaert

Principal Data Engineer · DPG Media

Topics

Airflow Analytics Cloud Computing dbt Cyber Security

Description

Managing dbt for 150 analytics engineers meant evolving from fragmented dbt Core projects to unified standards, migrating to dbt Cloud. We solved security risks and inconsistent practices through standardization and centralized workflows, while maintaining our Airflow orchestration. Challenges remain in balancing governance with analyst autonomy at scale.