What Is The Analytics Engineering Roundup on Substack?

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The Analytics Engineering Roundup is a Substack publication curated by Tristan Handy that collects what it describes as the internet's most useful articles on analytics engineering and its adjacent ecosystem. It is aimed at people who want a recurring, editor-curated reading list rather than original long-form reporting, and it reports more than 32,000 subscribers.

What the publication covers

According to its own description, the Roundup focuses on:

  • Analytics engineering as the core subject
  • The "adjacent ecosystem" around it — the tools, practices, and writing that touch the discipline
  • Curated links to useful articles rather than a single authored essay per issue

The framing is explicitly curation: the value is in someone filtering the firehose and pointing to pieces worth reading, not in producing every article itself.

Who runs it

The curator is Tristan Handy. The publication is distributed through Substack, which handles delivery, subscriber management, and the reading experience.

How to read it

  1. Go to roundup.getdbt.com.
  2. Enter your email in the subscribe field if you want new issues delivered.
  3. Confirm the subscription through the email Substack sends.

The site notes that it requires JavaScript to run correctly, so if the page appears blank or the subscribe form does not respond, enable JavaScript or unblock scripts for the domain.

What to know before subscribing

  • Subscribing means agreeing to Substack's Terms of Use and its Information Collection Notice and Privacy Policy, which the signup form states.
  • The page shows a "Subscribe" call to action but does not display a price on the evidence available, so treat cost as unconfirmed rather than assuming it is free.
  • There is a "No thanks" option, so you can dismiss the prompt and still read the site.

Who it is for

It suits analytics engineers, data practitioners, and adjacent roles who want a filtered stream of industry reading without assembling it themselves. If you prefer original, in-depth articles written by a single author, this is a different format — a curated digest rather than a publication of record.