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Live debate: Should you stop using introspection in your models?
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Lightning talk · 2026Overview
Introspective queries are one of the great blessings of the world, replacing screeds of boilerplate with an elegant abstraction.
Introspective queries are a scourge, preventing analytics engineers from building stable high-performance infrastructure.
Join Joel and Anders as they debate the pros and cons of a cheeky get_column_values() call.
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02 speakersSession speakers
Joel Labes
dbt LabsAnders Swanson
dbt Labs