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"Perspectives from the last mile of data"

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8 Dec 2025: Keep It Simple But For Who?

"Keep It Simple" - The most misunderstood phrase in tech. Simple for who?

26 Nov 2025: The Importance of Dev Testing

Advocating for the developer to test their own work before passing to QA.

12 Nov 2025: What If The Obvious Isn't Obvious?

A reminder that your strengths might be invisible to you and invaluable to others

15 Oct 2025: Explicit measures vs the filter panel

Should the logic go in the DAX measure or in the filter panel?

1 Sep 2025: Writing Better Pull Request Comments for Power BI Changes

Increase your team's efficiency by helping your peers with your Pull Requests

8 Aug 2025: Power BI Documentation and Keeping Your Future Self Happy

Two tips for how to identify and distinguish measures and other objects in the model.

1 Aug 2025: An Iterative Approach To DAX Problems

An article describing a different approach to writing DAX successfully.

21 May 2025: Remaking charts using Vega-Lite in Deneb Custom Visual:

A series of posts re-creating visuals using Vega-Lite inside a Deneb custom visual in Power BI.