I’m Tristan van der Vlugt, a data engineer with a background in business intelligence. These days I spend most of my time building and fixing data systems with PySpark, Databricks, Azure, and Terraform—and experimenting with streaming tech like Kafka and Flink.

What I enjoy most are the tricky bits you don’t see in slide decks: data modeling and data wrangling that shape performance, datetime bugs that only show up at 3 AM, or the networking details that decide whether your pipeline runs smoothly or falls apart.

Datanyblles is where I share what I learn along the way—bite-sized, hands-on lessons and experiments from real projects. No fluff, just practical insights from someone who likes making complex data problems simpler.

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Building Resilient Data Pipelines with SQLMesh: A Modern Alternative to dbt

August 26, 2025 • #sqlmesh #data-transformation #sql #data-engineering

SQLMesh is emerging as a powerful alternative to traditional data transformation tools like dbt, offering better performance, smarter incremental processing, and more robust data pipeline management.

In this deep dive, I’ll explore how SQLMesh’s approach to data transformations can solve common pipeline challenges that keep data engineers up at night.

What Makes SQLMesh Different

  • Intelligent incremental processing
  • Built-in data quality checks
  • Advanced dependency management
  • Performance optimization

Real-World Implementation

Coming soon: hands-on examples of migrating from dbt to SQLMesh, performance comparisons, and production deployment strategies.

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Recent Articles

Example Article: Testing the Automated Workflow

February 12, 2026

This is an example article created to test the automated Calmly Writer → GitHub Pages workflow.

What This Article Demonstrates

When this file is committed and pushed to GitHub, the automated workflow will:

  1. Validate the frontmatter - Check that the title exists
  2. Auto-generate the date - Add the current timestamp from file modification time
  3. Auto-add metadata - Set draft: false and tags: []
  4. Process images - Copy any images from ./images/ to /static/images/
  5. Migrate the file - Move this from /drafts/ to /content/articles/
  6. Build and deploy - Hugo builds the site and deploys to GitHub Pages

Testing Image Processing (Optional)

To test image processing, you can add an image:

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Building Resilient Data Pipelines with SQLMesh: A Modern Alternative to dbt

August 26, 2025 • #sqlmesh #data-transformation #sql #data-engineering

SQLMesh is emerging as a powerful alternative to traditional data transformation tools like dbt, offering better performance, smarter incremental processing, and more robust data pipeline management.

In this deep dive, I’ll explore how SQLMesh’s approach to data transformations can solve common pipeline challenges that keep data engineers up at night.

What Makes SQLMesh Different

  • Intelligent incremental processing
  • Built-in data quality checks
  • Advanced dependency management
  • Performance optimization

Real-World Implementation

Coming soon: hands-on examples of migrating from dbt to SQLMesh, performance comparisons, and production deployment strategies.

Read more →

Welcome to datanyblles

August 25, 2025 • #data-engineering #introduction

Welcome to datanyblles - my digital space for exploring data engineering, building robust pipelines, and sharing insights from the trenches of data infrastructure.

This blog will cover:

  • Data pipeline architectures
  • Tools and technologies in the data stack
  • Best practices for data engineering
  • Real-world challenges and solutions

Let’s build something amazing with data! 📊

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