Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I have officially reached the age when I think at least 1 in 2 of the technical blogs I read are just wrong. I am now the jaded engineer that I met when I was first starting out. 120
Reposted by Steve PowellJohan Ludvig Brattås @sqlclause.no · 28/09/2026#FabConBCN is starting. 120 attendees will join to learn about event-driven architectures on Microsoft Fabric. I have my fancy sneakers on and slides prepped. 1141
Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Well this makes a somewhat dull but pretty worrying read www.groundbrkr.com/p/the-teaser...groundbrkr.comThe Teaser Period: Why the AI Boom Is Hitting a Reset WallTrillions in compute commitments come due in 2027–2028. The Reset Wall reveals how the AI boom breaks, and when. 053
Reposted by Steve PowellMarco Russo @marcorus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The first one goes down on its own. The second one is why we made the “DAX with AI” course. www.sqlbi.com/campaign/dax-with-ai-… How many pills are you willing to take? 221
Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Still the single most important but underrated thing about my code… 051
Reposted by Steve PowellGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAbandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George MonbiotChanges in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 17925171712
Reposted by Steve PowellPower BI Sentinel @pbisentinel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We're live at #BigDataLDN! 🎉 If Power BI or Microsoft Fabric is part of your data estate, come and talk governance, AI readiness, visibility, FinOps and more with the team. We'll be running demos all day. 📍 Stand K50 Come and say hello! 👋 #PowerBI #MicrosoftFabric 011
Reposted by Steve PowellPower BI Sentinel @pbisentinel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Standing room only for Alex at #BigDataLDN! 👀 He’s diving into managing risk and building trust in Power BI & Microsoft Fabric, with a packed room listening in. Plenty of interest in getting governance right! 👏 #PowerBISentinel #PowerBI #MicrosoftFabric 022
Reposted by Steve PowellHollie Whittles MBE @holliewhittles.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Come and find @purplefrogdata.bsky.social at Big Data London on stand K50 behind our friends @pbisentinel.bsky.social Got my purple shoes ready! We are experts in Data Analytics, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI and AI - come and say hi! 👋🏻 #bigdataldn #bigdataldn2026 #bigdatalondon #bigdatalondin2026 011
Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Now I need to find another way to decompress after a day at work 260
Reposted by Steve PowellHugo Kornelis @hugokornelis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Yet another step closer to completion. I just published the Cursor page on the #SQLServerFast Execution Plan Reference. Plus, as usual, a bunch of updates to existing pages. See the change log for the full list! sqlserverfast.com/epr/cursor/ sqlserverfast.com/epr/change-l...sqlserverfast.comCursor - SQLServerFast.comIntroduction The Cursor icon is not actually an operator. It is just an icon, similar to Language Element, but used specifically for cursor statement that do not need their own dedicated execution pla... 041
Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 16/09/2026@craftycow.bsky.social finally caught her and she didn’t leap up. I’ve had it next to my desk in the spot she usually sleeps in for the last few weeks. It’s her new favourite place 1132
Reposted by Steve PowellCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Please read the article. Britain is *finally* asking the right questions over Farage's finances. We've published a whole series on Harborne only possible through the generous support of @thenerve.news members. Please consider joining us. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏 www.thenerve.news/p/christophe... 8502187
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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Molly is getting a nap in before third breakfast 020
Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 01/09/2026@andyleonard.bsky.social with a great line in his Substack post that so many people just don’t get. “iteration is how engineering works” so very very true 130
Reposted by Steve PowellInstitute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 01/09/2026⏰ | NEW REPORT: Young people are five times more likely to have no close friends than a decade ago. Gen Z are more isolated, more distressed and less productive. This isn’t a generation of snowflakes. It’s a generation being let down. Read here: www.ippr.org/articles/the... 37033
Reposted by Steve PowellMolly White @molly.wiki · 31/08/2026All that and more in this issue of Citation Needed. Citation Needed is an independent publication, entirely supported by readers like you. Consider signing up for a pay-what-you-want subscription — it really helps me to keep doing this work. www.citationneeded.news/signup/citationneeded.newsCitation Needed 2778
Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Tomorrow is gonna hurt after 4 days of progressively later get ups 010
Reposted by Steve PowellLaura GB @lauragb.bsky.social · 27/08/2026So I wanted custom SVG icons in the conditional formatting on my Power BI report. I found the answers and wrote a blog post so I don't forget how I did it and the brilliant resources I found to help me out. #PowerBI #SVG hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-cus...hatfullofdata.blogPower BI - Custom SVG Icons, Themes and MeasuresLets use measures to do conditional formatting with icons and add our own icons using a theme file 171
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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 15/08/2026My wife keeps making Eton mess cos it has fruit in it and we’re on a diet apparently. Not entirely sure of the logic there but I’m staying quiet and enjoying having dessert more often. 040
Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The track up to the roof at York Minster was worth it. 020
Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Is it the summer? Are we out on a day trip on a word day? Is there a cathedral involved? Will there be a pub lunch later? Anyone who knows us understands these are entirely rhetorical questions… 010
Reposted by Steve PowellCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Okay Clacton. Let’s go. 16569461262
Reposted by Steve PowellJason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Looking for an AI-assisted software engineering training workshop that's evidence-based and hype-free? This may be the only one Join me Tues Oct 6th, 18:45 BST to see why the technical practices of code craft aren't just compatible with AI - they're *essential* www.tickettailor.com/events/codem...tickettailor.comRegister – Code Craft & AI – ZoomCode Craft & AI – Zoom, Multiple dates and times - September 1st 18:45 BST SOLD OUT October 6th 18:45 BST £99 + UK VAT Large-scale studies by the DevOps Research & Assessm... 022
Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 12/08/2026It was fascinating to watch the moon transit from one side to the other. Glad we managed to find what must have been the last pair of eclipse glasses and phone lenses covers in the country 010
Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Did an interview last Friday where the candidate had obviously plugged the teams chat into ChatGPT. Given they were pretty basic questions & a couple were asking for an opinion this was a bit dire. On reflection his CV was a bit too good. I am feeling very very old and more than a little jaded. 010
Reposted by Steve PowellEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 04/08/2026Analysts estimate that 70%+ of Microsoft, Google and Amazon's present and future AI revenues are from Anthropic and OpenAI's compute spend and model sales. Outside of two unsustainable AI labs, demand barely exists, and they've massively overbuilt capacity. www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-deman...wheresyoured.atThe AI Demand BubbleIf you liked this piece, you should subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year, or $7 a month, and in return you get a weekly newsletter that’s usually anywhere from 5,000 to 18,000 words, in... 231364376
Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Can we make it a rule that all future party political broadcasts have to be performed as a song? 210
Reposted by Steve PowellThe Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 22/07/2026This could very well be the most important story in politics for the last decade and a half. Please read and share this equally harrowing and illuminating account by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social of just how dark the money in politics pit really goes. Absolutely mind blowing.thenerve.newsFarage, the money launderer and me: a decade of denialThe Reform leader’s relationship with the UK media has enabled him to operate with impunity for years. This past fortnight, that impunity finally appeared to be coming to an end. Carole Cadwalladr, wh... 54782496
Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 21/07/2026My wife and I are currently competing on who has the most impressive pile of tissues from the cold she has kindly shared with me. Right now she’s winning, but only just. 010
Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Molly is doing her dramatic death pose (malnutrition induced no doubt) again. She’s started holding her breath when she knows I’m looking! 040
Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Making your tech teams available to the business on Teams is the single most productivity destroying thing a business can do 020
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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I need to move to Tromso. It’s currently 22 degrees cooler than it is here. 010
Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Molly is deeply unimpressed at how warm it is. Mind you so am I and I’m not wearing a fur coat. 030
Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 20/06/2026#caturday extra snoozes today. Apparently it’s been a tough week. 070
Reposted by Steve PowellManchester Data Platform User Group @mcrdataplatform.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Our next event is on 2nd July with @andycutler.bsky.social presenting My Dopamine Has Gone Missing: A Tale of Frustration & Enlightenment. and Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social presenting Change Event Streaming: Great feature lousy documentation. Please see www.meetup.com/mcrdataplatf... 022
Reposted by Steve PowellCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Dylan, on life in your 80’s, is incredible. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/o... 230119713099
Reposted by Steve PowellJason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 15/06/2026The Big Questionᵀᴹ flooding my social media is "What do we do about the downstream bottlenecks that AI's making much worse?" Suggested solutions range from the sublime to the ridiculous. Let's get the LLM to do it. LOL. Let's just skip review. Sheesh! We've known the real solution for decades... 0103
Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 13/06/2026I did 2 episodes of “For all mankind” and lost interest a while back. Was probably busy with a work thing. Have picked it back up and am now hooked. Am bingeing the entire first season and it’s amazingly good. 010
Reposted by Steve PowellDBAKevlar @dbakevlar.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Great time at PASS Summit Europe- keynote complete! 021
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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Early flight. So doing airport bingo. Already got raucous hen party. Someone with a wheel missing off their suitcase and entitled boomers creating chaos in security. Let’s see if we can fill the card… 010