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Our meet up group is a community of customers and users of Snowflake, who come together to share knowledge and exchange best practices.
Hear the latest from other Snowflake users, grow your professional network, ask questions, and we'll wrap up with an hour to network amongst your peers, with food and drink provided.
Get the latest on product announcement and roadmap following Snowflake Summit.
7:40 AM
Diving into Snowpark: Unlocking the Snowflake Data Science Experience with Python
Join us for an insightful journey into the world of Snowflake's Data Science capabilities powered by Snowpark. This talk will provide practical guidance on utilizing push-down technology effectively, while offering tips to navigate potential challenges. Discover how Python seamlessly integrates with Snowflake, enabling you to streamline your data science workflows. Additionally, learn valuable strategies for managing version control with notebooks to enhance collaboration and project reproducibility. Whether you're new to Snowflake or an experienced data practitioner, this talk aims to equip you with the knowledge and tools to make the most of Snowflake's Data Science features.
8:10 AM
Break
8:20 AM
Terraform vs DCM Tools or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Unintended Consequences
Snowflake has many objects, ie states, to manage. Depending on your estate this can range into Ks, 10Ks, or maybe more. The options generally boil down to Terraform or a database-change-management tool, both with different specificities of jank, with no clear winner.
I'll recount a couple of stories where we intended well, and got bitten by unintended consequences.
Will give an example where TF is clear winner
Will give an example where DCM is a clear winner
Then wrap it up with "what you need for project x depends on a lot of things"
8:50 AM
Lessons learned from the field
Identification of poor pattern & process.
Understanding component needs & constraints.
Importance of repeatable pattern design.
9:20 AM
Networking
Speakers
Ahmed Hafez
Snowflake
Chapter Chair
Luke McDermott
Snowflake
Senior Manager, Sales Engineering
Sean Gardiner
Data Divers
Data Diver
Andres Walsh
Mechanical Rock
Principal Technical Specialist
Damien Greig
Cognizant Servian
Principal Consultant & Snowflake Practice Lead (WA)
