dbt Core 2.0 Alpha Unifies Fusion Engine, Boosts Performance and Simplicity
dbt Core 2.0 alpha launches with its Rust‑based Fusion engine runtime open‑sourced under Apache 2.0, unifying Core and Fusion. The release brings faster parsing, Parquet artifacts for high‑performance queries, revamped local docs, and simpler installation, positioning dbt as the standard transformation tool for modern data stacks.