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Why dbt Seed Files Are the Wrong Place for Reference Data

dbt is brilliant at transformation. Seed files are not a reference data management strategy. Here's why the workaround breaks, and what to use instead.

Sienna Gilmore March 18, 2026

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The Reference Data Layer Your Data Warehouse Is Missing

Your warehouse has a staging layer, a transformation layer, and a presentation layer. It doesn't have a reference data layer. That's why your dimensions are a mess.

Mar 18, 2026

Sienna Gilmore

Your Lookup Tables Shouldn't Live in Excel

Every data team has them. Nobody manages them properly. Here's why that's a bigger problem than you think, and what to do about it.

Mar 10, 2026

Sienna Gilmore

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