Ep 26. - Balancing keeping up with old and new tech

Ep 26. - Balancing keeping up with old and new tech

Simon Sabin talks about how SQL Bits picks sessions when the data world keeps splintering into more tools. We talk about the tension between Fabric and the older stack people still use at work, and why session selection has to cover both. We also talk about why discernment is the skill you need with AI, since the model is an "automated idiot" and you have to catch when it's wrong. Power Query's declarative engine comes up too, along with the pub quizzes and board game nights SQL Bits runs so ...

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Ep. 30 - Telling Stories with Data

Ep. 30 - Telling Stories with Data

Santhana Lakshmi Ponnurasan and I worked together at Truviz a few years back, but this is our first real conversation since she became a two-time competitor in the Power BI DataViz World Championship ...

15 Syys 31min

Ep 29. AI, Data Privacy, and the Bubble

Ep 29. AI, Data Privacy, and the Bubble

Kellyn Gorman is back for a reappraisal, this time on AI. We get into how you're the product, not the customer: what "help improve our models" actually means, plus real stories of companies dumping lo...

24 Elo 36min

Ep. 28 Getting the Badge vs. Actually Learning Fabric

Ep. 28 Getting the Badge vs. Actually Learning Fabric

In this episode Aleksi Partanen about certifications, learning Fabric, and community. We talk about the Fabric certs and how much value they do or do not provide. We talk about community and motivatio...

17 Elo 26min

Ep. 27 Fabric Pipelines vs. Dataflows vs. Notebooks

Ep. 27 Fabric Pipelines vs. Dataflows vs. Notebooks

Fatima Jallow, a data consultant based in Stockholm, helps us understand data movement in Fabric and when to use pipelines and dataflows. We talk about how pipelines specialize in orchestration. She s...

4 Elo 30min

Ep. 25 - Python Notebooks

Ep. 25 - Python Notebooks

Sandeep Pawar talks about Python notebooks in Microsoft Fabric and why Power BI developers should learn them. We talk about semantic link as the entry point for Power BI developers into Python, and ho...

25 Maalis 34min

Ep. 24 Fabric Community

Ep. 24 Fabric Community

In this episode, Shannon Lindsay from the Microsoft Community team joins me to talk about, well, community! We talk about her trajectory from non-profit space, to Power BI developer, to Microsoft empl...

3 Joulu 202531min

Ep. 23. Dealing with Fabric Overwhelm

Ep. 23. Dealing with Fabric Overwhelm

In this episode, Shabnam Watson talks about dealing with Fabric overwhelm and how her bureaucratic experiences with Azure and Synapse motivated her to learn Fabric. She talks about how it's important ...

1 Joulu 202531min