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Best Power BI Governance and DevOps Platforms in 2026

Power BIJul 2026

Power BI has matured into a mission-critical analytics layer for enterprise organizations. As adoption expands, so does the complexity of managing analytical content. Reports, semantic models, measures, dashboards, and workspaces […]

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The Semantic Drift Problem in Power BI

Power BIJul 2026

How decentralized DAX development quietly fractures trust in enterprise analytics TL;DR: Most Power BI trust problems don’t start with broken dashboards. They start with small, reasonable changes to business logic. […]

The Relationship That Shouldn’t Have Existed (How I Debug Power BI Semantic Models When the Numbers Lie)

Power BIJun 2026

How I Debug Power BI Semantic Models When the Numbers Lie A practical, field-tested technique for finding broken relationships in a Power BI semantic model, using a tool you already […]

Fabric IQ Raises the Bar. Control is Still the Hard Part.

BI/AnalyticsMay 2026

Fabric IQ Raises the Value of Semantic Control. Most Teams Still Lack Operational Control. Fabric IQ is Microsoft’s emerging semantic and AI framework for consistently organizing business meaning across data, […]

Top 5 Reasons the Power BI MCP Server Changes Everything (And Why Teams Aren’t Ready Yet)

BI/AnalyticsMay 2026

If you’re working in Power BI right now, something pretty big is shifting. Most teams haven’t adjusted yet. The Power BI MCP Server opens the door for AI agents to […]

The Quiet Failure of Self-Service Analytics (And What Comes Next)

BI/AnalyticsApr 2026

Self-service analytics was supposed to fix everything. No more waiting weeks for reports. No more bottlenecks with BI teams. Just get the data, open a tool, build what you need, […]

Best Version Control for Power BI Solutions (and why most feel like extra work)

Power BIApr 2026

Let’s just call it out. Most solutions offering version control for Power BI are… workarounds at best. Smart ones, creative ones, sometimes even impressive. But still workarounds. You’ve got […]

Rethinking the Analytics Maturity Model

BI/AnalyticsMar 2026

How engineering discipline, governance, and operationalization redefine analytics maturity The analytics maturity model functioned pretty much as the industry’s standard 10 or 15 years ago. Gartner recommended it. Consultants monetized […]

Why Power BI Governance Breaks Down in Generic DevOps Platforms

Power BIFeb 2026

After adopting Power BI, most organizations soon recognize the need for oversight of their analytics environment. They don’t set out to build a DevOps platform for Power BI. They set […]

Azure DevOps vs Soterre for Power BI

Power BIJan 2026

Overview / Summary Soterre and Azure DevOps represent two fundamentally different approaches to managing Power BI deployments and governance. Soterre is a purpose-built analytics governance and version control platform designed […]

The #1 Qlik Productivity Killer: Unplanned Work

QlikNov 2025

For many Qlik developers, the real challenge isn’t building load processes and great visualizations; it’s the unplanned work that sneaks into the day. A failed reload that needs urgent fixing, […]

Why Your Power BI Tenant Settings Deserve More Attention

BI/AnalyticsJul 2025

As Microsoft continuously enriches Power BI with powerful tenant settings to enhance governance and flexibility, these new capabilities can introduce significant risks if left unmonitored—requiring proactive, versioned oversight to ensure […]

How to Go Beyond Git or Azure DevOps for Power BI (And Why You Should)

Power BIJun 2025

Many Power BI professionals search for answers to a familiar question: “How do I set up Git or Azure DevOps for Power BI reports?” This question arises from the increasing […]

The Hawk Tuah Bitcoin

UncategorizedApr 2025

Error!  You’re right. Does not compute. Hawk Tuah does not belong in the same sentence with Bitcoin. Hailey Welch was an overnight internet sensation because of a sassy bar-hopping response […]

How to Master the Art of Storytelling in Analytics

UncategorizedMar 2025

Did you hear the one about the moth?  A moth goes to a podiatrist, and the podiatrist asks, “What brings you in today?”  It’s a joke kindergarteners tell each other, […]

Important Lessons in Risk Management from a BASE Jumper

UncategorizedMar 2025

Jeb Corliss is arguably one of the world’s best BASE jumpers still alive.  I recently read his autobiography, Memoirs from the Edge, which discusses his philosophy and many of his […]

Why Data Products Cannot Succeed Without Lessons from Marketing

UncategorizedFeb 2025

In a small city in the Northeast, Dye-or-Die, Inc., a shampoo manufacturer, prided itself on its elaborate production methods. However, their intense focus on how they made shampoo left them […]

ChatGPT Sucks at This One Game — And That Tells Us Something Important

UncategorizedFeb 2025

I grew up in the Midwest, where everyone plays Euchre. It’s a staple at family gatherings, a way to pass the time during long winters, and an unofficial skill test […]

An A(I)pology

UncategorizedJan 2025

I use ChatGPT.  I use Gemini.  I use Claude.  That’s not the apology.  I don’t apologize for using AI.  It’s a useful tool.  I use AI for writing assistance.  I […]

Why Your New TV Costs More: The Hidden Tariffs You’re Already Paying

UncategorizedDec 2024

I may have been in the market for a new big screen TV this past holiday season. It’s no surprise that manufacturers sell a lot of TVs at the end […]