A side project built with AI: dbt + ClickHouse

A LinkedIn post shared by TLDR Data points to an open-source project that uses AI to help structure dbt models on top of ClickHouse. The post is by a developer named Oleg Agapov, who says he built the project to share how he structures data pipelines and dbt models with AI assistance.

The post links to a public repo and a blog post on ClickHouse’s site about open-source. The post itself is a personal share — a dev talking about how he puts together a project that combines dbt (the data transformation tool) with ClickHouse (the database). He says AI helped him organize the structure.

There’s no hard data, no numbers, no pricing, no company behind it. It’s a dev talking to other devs about how he builds things. The post got some likes and a few comments, mostly from people who work in data engineering or analytics.

The project itself is open-source. You can look at it. You can try it. There’s no sign-up, no enterprise tier, no “contact sales.” It’s just a repo and a blog post.

It’s a small thing. A dev sharing a tool. But it’s the kind of thing that shows up in the feed and gets ignored because it doesn’t come from a company with a marketing budget. It’s just someone saying, “Here’s how I do it.”

Why this matters for us:
If you’re building data pipelines or trying to understand how AI is actually being used in real projects — not just hyped — this is one of the few places you can look without a sales pitch.