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Choosing Snowflake for Building a Data Platform: A Personal Journey
The decision to select Snowflake for building a data platform was influenced by prior experience with cloud data warehousing at Cruise, where tools like BigQuery demonstrated scalability and efficiency. The choice was also attributed to Snowflake's innovative features like Snow Park and a customizable visualization tool, aligning with the speaker's preferences and expectations. The involvement of an engineer named Roy in the decision-making process further solidified the selection of Snowflake over other options like BigQuery and Redshift.