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dbt Labs x Code42, 40 hours a week clawed back from model maintenance

40 hours saved weekly on maintaining models

Dreading daily breaks to confident, stable dashboards

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Why it works

The case study earns credibility by tracing a full technology evolution across several years, making the before-state concrete and cumulative rather than abstract. Three distinct metrics anchor the efficiency claim so the headline number does not stand alone. The quote from Josh Carlson about restoring things the same day they broke is specific and carries real information about the pain, not just sentiment.

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Anchor each stage of the customer journey with a named tool and a named failure mode. This turns what could be a generic upgrade story into a traceable cause-and-effect chain that readers in similar stacks can map directly onto their own situation.

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  • Vendor dbt Labs
  • Customer Code42
  • Industry SaaS
  • Trigger Dashboard errors and restore time increasing week over week as team scaled
  • Format Written narrative
  • Structure Challenge-Solution-Results
  • Medium Web page