Tag Archives: Time Travel

Harvey and Donnie Darko: A Tale of Two Pookas or One

On imaginary rabbits, Celtic folklore, the ambiguity of madness, and why Donnie Darko might be the spiritual sequel to Harvey for All Saint’s Day. A brief follow-up piece to my whimsical article comparing Bulgakov’s Behemoth from Master & the Margarita, and Derpy Tiger from Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters. This article dedicated to my friend Lizzy and to Jess, who really did have her own Pooka.

Continue reading →

Managing a Rapidly Growing SCD2 Bronze Layer on Snowflake: Best Practices and Architectural Guidance

Slowly Changing Dimension Type 2 (SCD2) patterns are widely used in Snowflake-based Financial Services platforms to preserve full historical change for regulatory, analytical, and audit purposes. However, Snowflake’s architecture differs fundamentally from file-oriented lakehouse systems, requiring distinct design and operational choices. This article provides practical, production-focused guidance for operating large-scale SCD2 Bronze layers on Snowflake. It explains how to use Streams, Tasks, micro-partition behaviour, batching strategies, and cost-aware configuration to ensure predictable performance, controlled spend, and long-term readiness for analytics and AI workloads in regulated environments.

Continue reading →