Category: TECH

Composite Models: Combining Import and DirectQuery Data for Flexible BI Reporting

Modern business intelligence teams rarely work with a single clean data source. A typical reporting setup might include a cloud data warehouse for transactional data, a CRM for sales activity, and an Excel-based budget file maintained by finance. The challenge is bringing these sources together without compromising performance, freshness, or governance. Composite models address this […]

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Time-Series Forecasting Without the Headaches

Time-series forecasting sounds intimidating because it mixes statistics, real-world messiness, and business pressure. In practice, most forecasting “headaches” come from a few predictable causes: unclear objectives, messy data, poor validation, and models that are harder than they need to be. This article gives a practical, step-by-step approach so you can forecast with confidence, without getting […]

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Perceptual Accuracy: Understanding the Human Visual System’s Capacity to Interpret Different Chart Encodings Accurately

Imagine stepping into an art gallery where each painting speaks a different language—some whisper, some shout, and some quietly invite you to lean in and observe. Data visualisations are much like this gallery. Each chart—be it a bar, line, or scatter plot—communicates a story through its design and our brain’s ability to perceive it correctly. […]

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Serverless Databases: PlanetScale, Neon & DynamoDB in 2026

As application architectures continue to evolve, databases are undergoing a quiet but significant transformation. By 2026, serverless databases will no longer be niche tools but core infrastructure for modern software systems. They remove the need to manage servers, scale automatically with demand, and align closely with cloud-native and distributed application patterns. Platforms such as PlanetScale, […]

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