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Accelerating and optimizing your deployment with dbt v2 and dbt State

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Overview

Hands-on lab · 2026

Learn how dbt is evolving with the next-generation engine powered by Rust. In this hands-on session, you'll explore how dbt v2 has better performance, enables richer SQL parsing, and sets the stage for future enhancements like better refactoring tools and faster development workflows.

After this lab, you will be able to:

  • Describe what dbt v2 changes (and what stays the same) in day-to-day dbt development.
  • Solve analytics engineering problems in a dbt v2-enabled environment and interpret results.
  • Predict how changes in your model code and source data will influence runs when dbt State is enabled.
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Session speakers

02 speakers
  • Faith McKenna

    dbt Labs
  • Lucas Silbernagel

    dbt Labs
Accelerating and optimizing your deployment with dbt v2 and dbt State