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Field notes from the data stack

Short, practical write-ups on operational data work: metric audits, GitOps for BI, Superset in production, and the platforms we've actually shipped.

  • 14 min read

    Apache Superset vs Metabase

    an engineering-first comparison of the two open-source BI platforms engineers actually ship

    Stack and runtime model, SQL-first vs visual-first, where the governance paywall lands, and what embedded licensing really costs — a side-by-side for engineers picking an open-source BI stack, not a marketing funnel.

    • Apache Superset
    • Metabase
    • Open-source BI
    • BI comparison
    • Embedded analytics
    • Data governance
  • 15 min read

    Apache Superset vs Microsoft Power BI

    an engineering-first comparison for teams picking a BI stack inside — or outside — the Microsoft orbit

    Where queries run, how Fabric capacity pricing actually behaves, what Entra ID lock-in means in practice, and how embedded licensing diverges — a side-by-side for engineers picking a BI stack, not a marketing funnel.

    • Apache Superset
    • Power BI
    • Microsoft Fabric
    • BI comparison
    • Embedded analytics
    • Data governance
  • 14 min read

    Apache Superset vs Tableau

    an engineering-first comparison for teams that have to live with the choice

    Where queries run, how the semantic layer behaves, what governance actually costs, and how embedded licensing differs — a side-by-side for engineers picking a BI stack, not a marketing funnel.

    • Apache Superset
    • Tableau
    • BI comparison
    • Embedded analytics
    • Data governance
  • 9 min read

    GitOps for Apache Superset

    certifying datasets via GitHub Actions

    How we treat Superset datasets as code: a GitHub-as-authority workflow with schema validation, Jinja parsing, SQLFluff, and a certification badge that points back to the exact CI run.

    • Apache Superset
    • GitOps
    • GitHub Actions
    • SQLFluff
    • Data quality