MyDataWork POV — The claim that dbt State and an Apache Iceberg lake house can compress a 25-hour process into 2 hours is intriguing, but how replicable is it? Without a detailed breakdown of the process changes and efficiency gains, it's hard to separate genuine improvement from well-phrased marketing. Speed gains of this magnitude often hide complexities that aren't addressed in a headline — not every insurance firm will see the same results without deep, underlying changes in data governance and infrastructure.