Sqlmesh

:sparkles: Features
* Adding postgres application name (4053) benfdking

:beetle: Bug fixes
* Only drop LIMIT 0 in VarcharSizeWorkaroundMixin table creation (4050) georgesittas
* Add meta field converter for cron_tz field (4051) vchan

:sparkles: Features
* Cache templating to improve performance (4040) tobymao

:beetle: Bug fixes
* Fix typo (4046) georgesittas
* Fix pydantic import but moving duckdb attach earlier (4049) eakmanrq

:broom: Chore
* Bump sqlglot to v26.12.0 (4045) georgesittas

:sparkles: Features
* Improve format --check output (4037) georgesittas

:beetle: Bug fixes
* **(athena)** Fix SCD_TYPE_2 when using table_format=iceberg (4039) erindru
* Fix make ui commands (4041) mattseddon
* Support run flag in the plan command (4043) izeigerman

:alien: Other
* Add information about timeouts (4036) benfdking

:sparkles: Features
* Cache external models for faster loading (4029) tobymao
* Introduce `sqlmesh lint` command (4034) VaggelisD

:beetle: Bug fixes
* Pass dialect to annotate_types and simplify (4026) georgesittas
* Move linting from load to plan creation (4032) VaggelisD

:sparkles: Features
* Improve blueprint loading performance (4030) georgesittas
* **(dlt)** Add support for project generation in filesystem pipelines (4028) themisvaltinos

:beetle: Bug fixes
* Using empty set as a default argument value (4022) izeigerman
* Always support start_* / end_* macros in pre- / post- statements (4025) izeigerman
* Don't expand intervals when recording an empty backfill (4031) izeigerman

:alien: Other
* Document use of .env file in executors (4033) benfdking

:sparkles: Features
* Add second level of verbosity (3982) treysp

:beetle: Bug fixes
* Migration of indirect non-breaking views (4020) izeigerman
* Pass runtime_stage and engine_adapter in environment_statements (4021) themisvaltinos