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title: "Josh Wills - MotherDuck Blog"
description: "Josh Wills is a software engineer and the creator of the dbt-duckdb adapter. Previously at Slack and Cloudera, he now focuses on open source projects in the DuckDB ecosystem."
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# Josh Wills

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Creator of dbt-duckdb adapter

Josh Wills is a software engineer and the creator of the dbt-duckdb adapter. Previously at Slack and Cloudera, he now focuses on open source projects in the DuckDB ecosystem.

## 1 BLOG POSTS AND VIDEOS

[1:07:45](/videos/duckdb-dbt-accelerating-the-developer-experience-with-local-power/)[2024-02-29](/videos/duckdb-dbt-accelerating-the-developer-experience-with-local-power/)

### [DuckDB + dbt: Faster Data Pipelines with Local Development](/videos/duckdb-dbt-accelerating-the-developer-experience-with-local-power/)

See how to use dbt with DuckDB for fast local data transformations. This walkthrough covers setup, workflow tips, and why DuckDB makes dbt builds run in seconds.

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