"I'm not a numbers person"
We’ve all heard—or maybe even said—the phrase before, “I’m not a numbers person.” What does this mean? What are the origins of this unfortunate and limiting mindset? I believe it…
Exciting New Enhancements Announced for Fabric Data Pipelines
Announcing invoke pipeline activity, Fabric Functions activity, and Spark job environment parameters. Source: PowerBI
By Popular Demand: Dark mode is now available in Power BI Desktop!
We are excited to announce a new feature in Power BI Desktop that allows you to choose from a variety of themes, including the most requested Dark Mode! Whether you’re…
Using GenAI to build a capability map and translate legacy systems
Alessio Ferri, Tom Coggrave, and Shodhan Sheth complete their article on what they have learned from using GenAI with legacy systems. They describe how GenAI’s ability to process unstructured information…
Using GenAI to extract low-level details and high-level explanations from legacy systems
Alessio Ferri, Tom Coggrave, and Shodhan Sheth use their combination of an AST-fueled knowledge graph and LLMs to gain understanding of legacy systems. They have found it aids them both…
what's the right ratio of words to data?
Goldilocks and the Three Bears is an oft-invoked metaphor for the situation in which, among a range of options, the target is a zone between “too much” and “too little”…
Legacy Modernization meets GenAI
Most of the talk about the impact of GenAI on software development is about its ability to write (messy) code. But many of us think it’s going to be much…
Preparing for AI
AI is everywhere—we’re in a middle of a technology shift that’s as big (and possibly bigger) than the arrival of the web in the 1990s. Even though ChatGPT appeared almost…
The AI Blues
A recent article in Computerworld argued that the output from generative AI systems, like GPT and Gemini, isn’t as good as it used to be. It isn’t the first time…