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DataJul 21, 20264 min

Power BI portfolio — Nordic Boardroom reports that survive a cold open

A shared report system for analytics work: curated gold tables, a semantic model, a fixed page path, then sync into Orbit so the screenshots match the repo.

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DataJul 20, 20264 min

A Teams ping is not ops: what Fabric Operations Agents still need from you

Chris Webb proved Fabric can alert on a broken DAX visual. The harder work is writing semantic instructions, validating KQL, and deciding what the owner does when Teams rings.

Power BIFabricAgents

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DataJul 20, 20264 min

Direct Lake isn't free: when Fabric's cool mode earns its keep

Chris Webb's Direct Lake case is really about where cost and cycle time live. For portfolio reports that still ship as Import models, measure the gold layer before you chase framing.

Power BIFabricDirect Lake

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AIJul 17, 20263 min

ProjectHelm — making multi-agent coding observable

JARVIS is a local control plane around the Cursor SDK: Plan → Agent → Debug with an event ledger, so I can audit what ran instead of reconstructing chat.

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AIJul 17, 20262 min

Ultimate Reel Maker — why I self-host the video pipeline

Topic to vertical MP4 on my own metal: script, TTS, captions, B-roll, and Remotion — without renting a SaaS editor.

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AIJul 13, 20264 min

Useful work per dollar — what delivery and analytics should change first

If agents become a unit of work, stop counting runs and start defining useful outcomes — the same discipline that makes a Monday dashboard trustworthy.

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AIMar 28, 20264 min

Building Orbit — the personal HQ I actually maintain

A Next.js headquarters for Blog, portfolio proof, a curated RSS feed, and Studio — designed so future-me can ship without renting another platform.

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CareerFeb 10, 20262 min

From risk analyst to delivery lead — what actually changed

What shifts when you move from building PD models to leading Azure application operations — and what stays the same.

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