Can we replace a $150k Looker with a bucket of HTML files?
Summary
David Lequin analyzes replacing an expensive Looker BI deployment with a self-hosted HTML-based dashboard approach powered by Claude AI and Snowflake authentication. The piece walks through the evolution from initial demos to a production workflow, provides a cost comparison (roughly $0.50 per dashboard vs $150k/year for Looker), and discusses governance and security trade-offs.