#DuBoisChallenge2022 @ajstarks @aldatavizguy The #DuBoisChallenge2022 will last 10 weeks. The goal is to recreate W.E.B. Du Bois data visualizations with a modern tool. Datasets and rules can be found here -> github.com/ajstarks/dubois-d…

I led AI enablement for a 3500-person engineering org. I transformed our interview process to hire AI-native talent. I build agents every day as part of my new role at the Agentic AI Foundation. Come hang out with me tomorrow as I share what I've learned.

Every company’s AI workflow rn be like 😭💀

MCP is growing up, y'all. The new release candidate has breaking changes, so yes, implementers have homework. But the direction is really healthy. I wrote up what changed and what I'd test first aaif.io/blog/mcp-is-growing-…

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One of the most valuable things that you can do to accelerate your learning and career right now with AI & agents is to stop thinking in terms of tools and platforms. Don't box yourself in; do the opposite. For instance, don't think only about Power BI if you're a "power bi" person; likewise for Tableau, Qlik, etc. You don't have to be the <tool> person anymore and I don't think it's helpful to think that way right now, at all. Zoom out. Focus on the actual business problems and agnostic theory in your professional or interest space - both horizontally and vertically. Consider in that problem space what useful, effective (in cost and results) solutions actually look like. Be as much as possible solution and value-driven. Step outside your comfort zone and your stack / vendor bubble and look broadly at what's happening in your market. Experiment and think outside the box; flex your brain and try things that seems outlandishly outside of your expertise area. You will experience some helpful friction and learn a lot. If you are continuously focusing on using AI and agents with one specific tool or platform it's a bit the equivalent of using a power drill to make a better screwdriver. It might be the easiest and most immediately helpful in your job, but i don't think it's the most effective path forward for personal development (it might even be dangerous or counter productive). I don't think it's the best way to prepare for what this next "era" is shaping out to be.

New Ten Minute Tuesday 🎙️ Usually I'm interviewing someone. Today I put myself on the clock. The challenge: build a Lakers dashboard in 10 min using only my voice. No keyboard. Just Claude @motherduck . Did I pull it off? 👀 youtu.be/ydWVzIDhb3Y

Me reviewing the code written by Claude before pushing it to production.

We're releasing the PBIR CLI shortly in the next days (some late issues with the distribution). We already published the pbir-cli skill a few days ago to help testers and get it integrated with the plugins. github.com/data-goblin/power… But someone already capitalized on this - it strongly seems they pointed their agent at the skill and told it "make this" to slap together a CLI that works as the skill describes. They didn't even change the commands, flags, and even took the skills. They just shuffled skill content around in the markdowns, then published it on their own repo. Of course they didn't have the source code so what's behind it isn't comparable... we have a full schema-driven object model, for instance. We knew this would likely happen when I started sharing the plugins. We anticipated it; it's obvious - it's why we never bothered trying to commercialize this. It seemed almost inevitable. We didn't anticipate it would happen so quickly, though! The commit trail is literally 1-2 days apart. Better than hours I guess. This is just the way it is now. Anyone can just point their slopcannon at something shared and then copy it, make some noise, and benefit... in a matter of days or less. The work speaks for itself, but still - it's clear that whatever new era we're entering plays by some different rules.

I recreated this Tableau dashboard in @MotherDuck using Claude MCP. Under an hour and zero handwritten code Find your favorite viz on Tableau Public and try it yourself. Blog post live 👇 sqlsekou.substack.com/p/buil…

#FabCon 2026 was the best conference I have ever attended and I do not say that lightly. Read the full breakdown here 👇 open.substack.com/pub/sqlsek…?

Like recover all business controls ... tracking royalties ... locating money ... finding reg flags ... planning ... organizing years of information ... creating family office structure... business navigation ... I've been waiting my whole life for tools like this!

The scene in #Gentry. #SelectionSunday | @TSUTigersMBB #RoarCity #HBCU

Let’s go!!!! #TSU

@TSUTigersMBB are headed to St. Louis to take down Iowa State! #SelectionSunday #TSU #HBCU #OVC

‼️‼️So many of us are winging it 😂 Just get started! Great advice from @engineering_bae

Phenomenal halftime show! 🔥🔥🔥 Loved all of the cultural references in the performance

That Claude commercial was hilarious!!! 😂😂

The San Diego Tableau User Group’s next meeting is on February 17, and it’s gonna be a dandy. Join us for our next virtual meetup: How AI is Changing What Tableau Analysts Need to Learn We’re excited to welcome @sqlsekou , Tableau Ambassador and Founder of Royal Blue Analytics, as he shares how AI is reshaping Tableau workflows, the skills analysts need to develop, and what to prepare for next. Register here: usergroups.tableau.com/event… #TableauUserGroup #SanDiegoTUG #Datafam #AI

First Blog Post of 2026! I used Claude to create Tableau Calculations and write it to a tableau workbook for me Link: sqlsekou.substack.com/p/hack…