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title: The Hottest with dbt | Recordly
description: In this video, Mika Heino and Mikko Sulonen talk about what the hottest features on dbt are right now.
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# [The Hottest with dbt | Recordly](https://www.recordlydata.com/blog/the-hottest-with-dbt)

 Written by [Mika Heino](https://www.recordlydata.com/blog/author/mika-heino) | 25.03.2025

*A State of Cloud Data Warehouses Talk Show is a video series in which our Partner and Data Architect [Mika Heino](https://www.recordlydata.com/contact/mika-heino?hsLang=en) interviews different data and AI/ML experts about topics close to their hearts.*

### What dbt features should everyone using it know about?

This time, our [dbt](https://www.recordlydata.com/dbt?hsLang=en) expert [Mikko Sulonen](https://www.recordlydata.com/blog/author/mikko-sulonen?hsLang=en) presents the features you need to know as a dbt user. This includes both underutilized features and those that currently are the hottest of the hottest.

This video is part two of a series that talks about dbt. Did you miss the first video? Check it out [here](https://www.recordlydata.com/blog/when-to-choose-dbt?hsLang=en).

Here's what you'll hear about in the video:

- **03:07 **Which dbt features do we hear way too little about?
- **04:25** Pull request schema 
- **09:37 **Which dbt features are not used enough? 
- **10:00 **Defer to prod 
- **14:45 **What *is* the hottest feature of dbt? 

*The video is in Finnish but equipped with English subtitles* 🇫🇮🇬🇧

<https://www.recordlydata.com/watch/hottest-features-of-dbt?hsLang=en>

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