# Overclocking dbt: Discord's Custom Solution in Processing Petabytes of Data

DevFeed: [Overclocking dbt: Discord's Custom Solution in Processing Petabytes of Data](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/overclocking-dbt-discord-s-custom-solution-in-processing-petabytes-of-data-273.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://discord.com/blog/overclocking-dbt-discords-custom-solution-in-processing-petabytes-of-data>)

Author: Chris Dong

Published: 2025-04-09T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Discord Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/discord-blog.md>)

Topics: [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [developer-productivity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-productivity.md>), [data observability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-observability.md>), [DataOps](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dataops.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [SQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sql.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>)

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## AI overview

Discord describes scaling dbt to process petabytes of warehouse data while supporting more than 100 developers and over 2,500 models. It explains how custom extensions addressed long recompilation times, inefficient incremental processing, conflicting test tables, breaking changes, and complex calculations, improving performance, developer productivity, and data quality.

## Source excerpt

Explore how Discord supercharged dbt with a tailored solution designed for performance, developer productivity, and data quality.