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September 8, 2026
Tommy Puglia and Mike Carlo read Rituparna Das's Nightingale guide to using AI in data visualization without an enterprise license, and they ask what those three workflows become when the output is a Power BI report. They also take apart a Fabric warehouse medallion best-practices post and a private-link path for copying data to Snowflake.
August 27, 2026
Tommy Puglia and Mike Carlo spend this episode on Microsoft's new guidance for choosing a medallion pattern in the Fabric Data Warehouse. Bronze, silver, and gold still describe the work; the open question is whether a warehouse belongs in every layer.
January 22, 2025
Mike and Tommy tackle a common Fabric design question: can you ship analytics by building only a Bronze layer, or do you really need Silver and Gold. They break down what you gain (and lose) when you skip refinement layers, and share practical rules of thumb for keeping models trustworthy, performant, and maintainable.
January 17, 2025
Mike and Tommy dig into a deceptively simple question: can you build Power BI reporting straight off the Bronze layer and call it ‘done’? They break down when it’s a smart shortcut, when it’s a trap, and the minimum guardrails you need to keep raw data from becoming everyone’s problem.