Introduction

At Paradime, we upgrade our major versions once a year to mark the start of a new foundation for the platform. Since the release of v3.0 12 months ago, the team has been hard at work laying the foundations for an even more rock-solid platform. We have been balancing our efforts between refining details and furiously launching new features to disrupt the dbt™ game and challenge competitors like dbt Cloud™. Now, we feel it is time to make another 💥bang💥 with loads of announcements.

Our goal is, and has always been, to help organizations unlock the power of dbt™ 10x.

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What's new? A lot, obviously 😏

It would be impossible to fit everything that's new into a single post, but let's start with the changelog. Throughout the week, we will then unpack the most impactful developments in a series of deep-dive posts.

Let's get into it shall we:

1. Pricing v4.0 🎉 - Don’t want to pay for our entire product suite when you will only be using 1-2 of them? No problem! Paradime customers now have the option to buy Paradime’s core products á la carte, like Code IDE, Bolt, and Radar! The new details and pricing are live on our Pricing Page.
2. Sandbox ⏳ - Dive into Paradime without the hassle! Interested in experiencing the full potential of Paradime without the need to connect your Data Warehouse and GitHub Repo? Explore our Sandbox! Within 60 seconds, you'll have access to a fully functional environment complete with pre-loaded data. Get hands-on with our product today... No credit card required!
3. AI Co-pilot is getting smarter 🤓 - The Co-pilot isn't just any assistant; it's a highly sophisticated aid integrated within the Paradime IDE. Our latest update enhances your productivity with essential one-click actions. You can effortlessly fix SQL errors, write Elementary tests, and access relevant information about your models with just, well, one click.‍
4. Paradime now supports Data Mesh 🔀 - Using constructs from dbt Core™, Paradime enhances your ability to seamlessly integrate data workflows. You can now consume manifest.json from dependent projects, visualize lineage across projects, and detect column-level breaking changes in downstream projects during your CI/CD processes. This is a MAJOR advancement for our customers adopting data mesh‍! ‍
5. Python 🤝 Paradime - Python has become an indispensable tool in analytics engineering workflows, and Paradime v4.0 is here to elevate this integration! Customers can now easily set up their virtual environments using venv or poetry directly within the Paradime IDE. This allows for seamless development and execution of Python code, enhancing flexibility and efficiency in your data projects.
6. ‍Cloud cost reduction with Radar 💰 - Radar's capabilities have just gotten even more powerful! We've expanded support to include dbt™, Snowflake, and BigQuery costs, as well as Looker usage, along with an ever-expanding list of integrations. Excitingly, there's ongoing development of an agent aimed at automatically reducing Snowflake costs. Stay tuned for more cost-efficient innovations we know you'd love.
7. ‍Custom Integrations SDK 🧩 - Over the last six months, we’ve realized we can't build all integrations by ourselves 🤷. So we have now released the custom integration SDK. Customers will be able to bring any integration they want into the Paradime lineage and catalog that we don't support by writing a few lines of code in less than 30 mins.
8. ‍Paradime SDK and CLI - Call any Bolt endpoint from anywhere 💻 - With just a few lines of code, our latest update supports any CI/CD runner, giving customers unprecedented flexibility to design their optimal dbt™ pipeline using Paradime.
9. Bolt sets a new standard ⚡️ - We’ve expanded its functionality with support for dependent runs, enabling more complex workflows. Users can now benefit from advanced analytics, including a timeline view and DAG view of command executions. Plus, we’ve integrated built-in support for Airflow operators and Dagster, enhancing automation and efficiency in your data operations‍
10. Improvements 'Under the Hood' ⚙️ - We've upgraded our processor architecture to AWS' advanced ARM Graviton processors, delivering improved load capacity, faster speeds, and cloud performance on par with Mac's M1/M2 chips. These upgrades have quadrupled Paradime's performance, boosted deployment speed by 40%, and significantly cut infrastructure costs. We're thrilled to pass these benefits on to our customers through our predictable pricing model.

And of course, we’ve sweated through hundreds of bug fixes and minor feature enhancements to provide a seamless customer experience!

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What's coming next?

Here’s where things get really exciting. With the release of the Paradime v4.0, we have the foundation we need to not just challenge, but change the status quo.

Every year at Paradime, we have been ruthless in prioritizing what our people want, and we feel confident in actually sharing a bit of our roadmap in advance. If this helps our competitors, be our guests. It would just help all dbt™ users worldwide, and we would love that :-).

Over the next several months, we will be shipping:

• AI-enhanced coding: By integrating AI with in-app analytics, we aim to reduce coding time by 30% compared to dbt Cloud™ or dbt Core™ users, improve code quality by 60-80%, and cut operational costs in at least 55% of cases.
• Omni-channel developer experience: Paradime will soon be accessible everywhere you work, ensuring a seamless and integrated environment.
• Notebook support: Yep, that’s right - notebook support is coming! With our robust IDE already handling Python and DuckDB, soon you’ll be able to explore and model data without switching tools. This integration promises best-of-breed support for all your data tasks.
• Event-triggered Bolt runs: We're enhancing Bolt to initiate runs when data hits supported systems, not just on a schedule. This will be a game-changer for organizations with heavy ingestion pipelines, saving significant compute resources daily.

We are thrilled to announce the release of v4.0 and beyond! Rest assured, we are constantly innovating and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with dbt™ to makre sure people using Paradime always get the most out of their experience!