Fable 5's Take on Universal Semantic Layer

Claude had access to Strata's counter position on this topic. So your prompt response might differ.

Jul 5 • ajo

Full Review of Metabase

This is a first in a series of articles evaluating BI tools and standalone semantic layers.

Jul 3 • ajo

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June 2026

Is It All About The Tools Now?

LLMs turn out to be remarkably smart about using tools at the right time.

Jun 3 • ajo

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March 2026

Okay, I'm Vibing

From net neutral to net positive ROI with LLMs

Mar 9 • ajo

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December 2025

The Illusion of Productivity with LLMs

LLMs are great for narrow tasks, but struggle with systems

Dec 30, 2025 • ajo

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Understanding Business Intelligence Users

On personas and diverging skill sets that lead to poor UX over time

Dec 8, 2025 • ajo

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November 2025

Super Bundling of Business Intelligence Tools

Every new feature seem to degrade the overall product

Nov 6, 2025 • ajo

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October 2025

What is up with Looker?

The strange story of how Looker became synonymous with Semantic Layers.

Oct 13, 2025 • ajo

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August 2025

dwh - Ruby Gem for Analytics

Open source gem for connecting to popular data warehouses

Aug 22, 2025 • ajo

What is the Semantic Layer?

The holy grail of self-service analytics that overpromises and underdelivers perennially

Aug 15, 2025 • ajo

July 2025

The Welcome Post

How I left Netflix to Launch a Startup Yet Again

Jul 30, 2025 • ajo