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November 12, 2025
Mike and Tommy tackle the messy reality of source control in BI—branching, merging, TMDL, save-to-folder, and whether BI teams are ready for real git workflows. Plus, the Microsoft SQL Community Conference gets announced.
November 7, 2025
Mike and Tommy explore the evolving role of AI in semantic modeling—from Anthropic's MCP code execution to TMDL-aware AI workflows. They also discuss 'context rot' and what happens when AI assistants lose track of long conversations. Plus, new Data Agent improvements and the upcoming card visual migration.
November 5, 2025
Mike and Tommy explore developer experience (DevEx) in the BI world—what makes tools stick, why UDFs (User Defined Functions) in DAX are a game-changer, and how Tabular Editor's TMDL scripts and notebooks fit into modern BI development workflows.
May 14, 2025
Mike and Tommy dive into the rich ecosystem of third-party and first-party tools that help Power BI developers build, test, deploy, and optimize their models and reports. From SQLBI's comprehensive overview to hands-on favorites, this episode is a toolbox tour for every Power BI practitioner.
March 21, 2025
Mike and Tommy dive into the new DAX Performance Testing notebook from Microsoft's Fabric Toolbox, a powerful open-source tool for automating query benchmarks across cold, warm, and hot cache states. They also cover the latest Tabular Editor releases and code actions features.