Strata is Launched!

You can now try it on your local machine with a single docker command.

Oct 1 • ajo

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September 2026

The Semantic Layer Benchmark Problem: Why Nobody Has Run the Test That Actually Matters

Wrote this with Grok. It came out of a long discussion on the state of LLMs, text to sql, and semantic layers.

Sep 22 • ajo

Living in the Future

Against AI doomerism and a positive alternative outlook for our certain AI enabled future

Sep 10 • ajo

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The Future is Coming Fast

I created a desktop voice assistant with full computer control without ever looking at the code.

Sep 5 • ajo

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July 2026

Full Review of Cube

We put Cube.dev through its paces against AWS Athena — modeling 27 tables, breaking the semantic layer on hard measures, building dashboards, and…

Jul 22 • ajo

Semantic Layer Middleware is Not Enough

Even Cube (formerly CubeJS) has pivoted to adding Workbooks, Dashboards,and Chat interfaces

Jul 16 • ajo

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Full Review of Power BI

A review of Power BI for the objective of enabling Self service analytics. This is the second in a series on BI tools and semantic layers we are doing.

Jul 13

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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