# Anders Swanson — RSS Amplifier

Everything Anders Swanson publishes, via the RSS Amplifier directory.

Page: <https://rssamplifier.com/authors/anders-swanson>  
Feed: <https://rssamplifier.com/authors/anders-swanson.md>

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## [Don't hand a bazooka to an agent making a sandwich (Jeremiah Lowin)](https://roundup.getdbt.com/p/dont-hand-a-bazooka-to-an-agent-making)

_2026-08-13 · The Analytics Engineering Roundup_

The creator of FastMCP on why a skill file is a polite note, why enterprises pick MCP over CLIs, and why nobody is ready for a context layer yet.

## [Roundup: a rogue agent, Kimi K3, and data teams in the AI era](https://roundup.getdbt.com/p/roundup-a-rogue-agent-kimi-k3-and)

_2026-08-06 · The Analytics Engineering Roundup_

We're introducing a new, recurring podcast format. Jason Ganz joins Tristan to take on stories of the day.

## [Data lessons from inside Meta (Shridhar Iyer)](https://roundup.getdbt.com/p/data-lessons-from-inside-meta-shridhar)

_2026-07-30 · The Analytics Engineering Roundup_

Shridhar Iyer spent 13 years inside Meta's data organization. He joins Tristan on what big tech takes for granted, why you never delete a column at scale, and what it takes to become AI-native.

## [The scarce resource is consensus (Ian Macomber)](https://roundup.getdbt.com/p/the-scarce-resource-is-consensus)

_2026-07-16 · The Analytics Engineering Roundup_

When building data artifacts is fast and cheap, the scarce resource is company-wide consensus. Ramp's Ian Macomber returns to talk about post-AI data teams.

## [The context engineering playbook (Claire Gouze)](https://roundup.getdbt.com/p/the-context-engineering-playbook)

_2026-07-02 · The Analytics Engineering Roundup_

nao co-founder and CEO Claire Gouze shares a practical playbook for building a context layer your agents can rely on.

## [DuckDB's agent moment (Jordan Tigani)](https://roundup.getdbt.com/p/duckdbs-agent-moment-jordan-tigani)

_2026-06-18 · The Analytics Engineering Roundup_

The database built for your laptop turns out to be one built for your agents. MotherDuck Founder and CEO Jordan Tigani explains why.

## [A Catalog Is All You Need](https://roundup.getdbt.com/p/a-catalog-is-all-you-need)

_2026-06-14 · The Analytics Engineering Roundup_

Last year I asked you to give Iceberg a REST. This year, it finally got one.

## [Hunting for Tokens. Snowflake Summit. Agent Use Cases.](https://roundup.getdbt.com/p/hunting-for-tokens-snowflake-summit)

_2026-06-07 · The Analytics Engineering Roundup_

Things are not quieting down for the summer, that's for sure.

## [I built a (very small) long running agent](https://roundup.getdbt.com/p/i-built-a-very-small-long-running)

_2026-05-31 · The Analytics Engineering Roundup_

What do long running agents mean for data teams?

## [Build with the cheapest GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Q5Rz2nudYMgR)

_2026-05-31 · **Sponsored**_

Deployed a live API in minutes; one user spent under $10.

## [I built a (very small) agent swarm.](https://roundup.getdbt.com/p/i-built-a-very-small-agent-swarm)

_2026-05-26 · The Analytics Engineering Roundup_

What does the term 'agent swarm' mean? Is it bullshit? Can I build one?