Product
April 1, 2026
Making Dagster Easier to Contribute to in an AI-Driven World
AI has made contributing to open source easier but reviewing contributions is still hard. At Dagster, we’re improving the contributor experience with smarter review tooling, clearer guidelines, and a focus on contributions that are easier to evaluate, merge, and maintain.
March 12, 2026
Unlocking the Full Value of Your Databricks
Standardizing on Databricks is a smart strategic move, but consolidation alone does not create a working operating model across teams, tools, and downstream systems. By pairing Databricks and Unity Catalog with Dagster, enterprises can add the coordination layer needed for dependency visibility, end-to-end lineage, and faster, more confident delivery at scale.
February 26, 2026
When to Move from Dagster OSS to Dagster+
Dagster OSS is built for builders. But as teams grow, the operational burden of running the platform can quietly consume engineering time. This guide explains when it makes sense to move to Dagster+ and shift your focus back to building data products.
February 5, 2026
Great Infrastructure Needs Great Stories: Designing our Children’s Book
We set out to explain Dagster assets in the simplest possible way: as living characters that wait, react, and change with their dependencies. By designing a children’s book with warmth, visuals, and motion, we rediscovered what makes assets compelling in the first place.
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October 23, 2025
How Compass Turns Questions Into Queries
Go behind the scenes of Compass, Dagster’s analyst copilot, to see how it transforms plain-language questions into precise, optimized SQL queries. Learn how each step of the query-generation process helps analysts move faster and stay focused on insights.
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