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Snowflake Dutch User Group – October 2024

Snowflake ❄️ User Group in Snowflake's Amsterdam Office

Last night I had the privilege to organize a Snowflake ❄️ User Group in Snowflake’s Amsterdam Office. Snowflake’s Jason Teetz and Maria Nicoletti were there to support.

Optimizing Snowflake from a Cost & Performance Perspective

Johan van der Kooij shared his experiences regarding optimizing Snowflake from a cost & performance perspective. He shared practical hints, as well as example queries, that you can use to optimize your Snowflake environment.

Johan covered the following topics:

  • The result cache
  • Select *
  • Query Hash values
  • Warehouse clustering & spilling
  • Scale and Run
  • Cost per query and query tag

Johan’s session was a combination of slides and real life demo’s

Find Johan’s presentation here:

In Johan’s blog you will find some codesnippets.

Closing Remarks

The session was informative, fostering discussions, comments, and questions, alongside valuable networking opportunities. It was a great re-start, and I look forward to many more engaging sessions.

The goal I had when I wanted to lead the Dutch User Group chapter is simple. I want to build a community of like minded professionals. A community where you can find a podium to share your ideas and expertise. But also a community where you can come to learn. Learn new Snowflake-related things. next to that, also a place to meet (new) people.

I think, the ‘first’ session was a success. It was a mixture of exchangin knowledge and having conversations. Some of us were making new connections, others were meeting old friends. I am looking forward to the next one.

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Till next time.

Snowflake Data Superhero and Chapter Lead for the Dutch Snowflake ❄️ User Group. Online also known as; DaAnalytics.

Daan Bakboord

DaAnalytics signature picture with Snowflake Data Superhero avatar.

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