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7 articles in the Craftsmanship topic.
Stop rules for AI: set your exit criteria before go-live
Stop rules are the criteria, set in advance, for pausing or stopping an AI application. Which criteria you need, who decides and how to actually switch it off.
Data or metadata: what an AI agent should get from you
An AI agent needs meaning, not bulk. Metadata is the default, data is the exception you allow on purpose.
Implementing data governance: a ninety day approach
Not with a framework, but with five terms people argue about. That is how you get something that stays standing within a quarter.
Build or buy a data platform? How to make that call
Building gives you grip, buying gives you speed. The choice does not depend on your budget but on how unique your work is and who runs it in two years.
Sensitive data in Power BI: row-level, object-level and the layer beneath
Who may see which number is an agreement, not a report setting. How to enforce it in Power BI, and where the report stops.
Direct Lake, Import or DirectQuery: which storage mode when
Three ways Power BI reaches your data, and a sober way to choose without rebuilding your model.
Incremental refresh in Power BI: what it is and when it pays off
Why a nightly refresh keeps getting longer, how incremental refresh fixes it, and the conditions your source has to meet first.
Start with one decision that has to get better
Pick a recurring question where teams lose time or contradict each other. Make the meaning behind it explicit and bring it straight into daily operations.