On February 10, Tristán Handy and Lucas Schulte announced that dbt acquired SDF. It’s not just about transforming data—it’s about doing it faster and better. With new moves like a semantic layer for spreadsheets and real cases like Instabee, this month shows how data workflows can take off. Dbt has always been a good tool for organizing data into clear models, but sometimes the process feels slow. You write your SQL, test it, and wait for the warehouse to say it’s okay. That’s where SDF comes in, dbt’s new thing to speed things up. This tool is a total shift because it checks your SQL queries on your machine before sending them to the warehouse. This is a filter that speeds up the process a lot. It’s like having a quick proofreader for your analytical code. From dbt, they say SDF isn’t just an extra—it’s the future. Soon, it’ll be so integrated that people won’t even notice when they’re using it; this will speed up your data stack without touching a line of your project.