They are! And comfy!

Tableau sits at the end, connected to a final big flat table where all your measures and dimensons exist. It is a viz-first tool, that's where you spend time. PBI sits a few steps before that in your process. It is a modelling first tool. All your problems will always be data modelling problems.

Yeah, I mean. I understand all you're going through because I made the move, too. The tools are not like for like. They sit differently in a data stack. Understanding this is the #1 struggle everyone making the move always goes through. Once this clicks, things make more sense. They don't get easier

Wait until you have to custom sort a column in a visual.

PBI works best with a star schema, so the separate dim and calendar tables are the intended format. Everyone I have ever met who was used to the 'one big table, plug and play' from Tableau goes through this stage of being baffled by how much engineering and modelling work is required for PBI.

This is the experience, yes. Tableau assumes you have one neat table, no matter the size, mostly ready to go, with transformations mostly done upstream. You then plug Tableau on top of it, and it's smooth sailing from there.

You could ask an LLM to answer that question, with a 50% chance of it giving you a correct answer.*

*While water supplies last.

That Microsoft Recall bullshit, for example. I did a custom install of Windows 11 and disabled everything I could possibly disable. But some stuff just doesn't have an opt-out, and some keep coming back with every update...

Yeah, that's one of the reasons to still have a dual boot. Corporate clients are Microsoft everything, usually. So, it saves me the hassle. But at what point will companies start seeing the new direction of Windows as a liability instead? There are significant cyber security risks to be considered.

Aren't you just tired of always being the standard persona in every project?

Mint and PopOS have been treating me well on laptop and PC. I have a dual boot Desktop, and Windows is now used mostly for client work. Truth is, the annoyances are minimal considering how much shit I have to take to use Windows these days.

Microsoft is not making it easy for me to want to keep using Windows, though. The opposite, actually.

Besides the obvious privacy cornerns of all sorts, have you ever tried using a voice first service of any kind, in a second language, having an accent? No, thanks.

A leap of faith, for sure!

Thanks! I took it on my desk when I got my first and only ever set of business cards in late 2019. I still have most of them!

Thanks!

Oh, it most definitely didn't happen overnight! I am not counting the several years of entertaining the idea!