The month in writing · 2024

September 2024

3 new essays — AI & Responsible Tech, Architecture & Strategy, Analytics & BI.
Showing 03 essays from September 2024
30 SEP 2024 · 5 min read

The EU AI Act, in Plain Language for Data Teams

The EU AI Act is law now, and most of the coverage is either lawyer-dense or panic-shaped. Here's what it actually means for the people who build and run data systems — the parts that touch your week, in plain terms.

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23 SEP 2024 · 5 min read

Inspire Check-In: How Our Microsoft Data & AI Predictions Are Evolving (September 2024)

Three-quarters through the year, my 2024 predictions are converging on one thing I only half-saw in January: the widening gap between what's easy to produce and what's safe to trust.

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Architecture & Strategy
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16 SEP 2024 · 5 min read

Fabric Metrics Layer: Standardizing KPIs Across Teams

Fabric's Metrics Layer gives your KPIs one governed home. Genuinely useful — but it stores agreement, it doesn't create it, and the agreement was always the hard part.

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Analytics & BI
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