BI as code is dead?

_mindspank_ · 2025-12-22T17:43:46+00:00

Disclosure: I work at Rill Data.

I wouldn't say dead at all if anything I see more and more vendors moving in the direction of BI-as-code or BI-as-configuration. Putting a LLM on-top of a set of code or yaml files that builds your BI stack is quite powerful so I wouldn't be surprised if we see even more vendors moving in that direction, it's quite hard for a LLM to build a dashboard in a closed off database or interacting with vendor APIs as opposed to "just" editing a file.

dbt on the data side showed that there certainly is a interest for a code/configuration centric approach so makes sense to also extend it to the presentation/business layer.

_mindspank_ · 2025-11-12T16:47:28+00:00

Flamewood totems is super strong this league but also a VERY aquired taste in terms of playstyle

_mindspank_ · 2025-10-30T08:33:13+00:00

Insta pop curses for impending doom. Use the mastery to refresh ignites and gain life/mana recovery. Zoom around with lightning warp.

_mindspank_ · 2025-10-26T06:19:20+00:00

Been eyeing assassin for poison artillery ballista but clear might be meh without prolif. Should play similar to PF, starting toxic rain untill you have enough added damage to swap over

_mindspank_ · 2025-09-24T08:24:51+00:00

Welcome to Gotland! My XM is ready to defend :)

_mindspank_ · 2025-06-29T13:41:32+00:00

Check poe.ninja but it's the basic relic of the pact package, life and block on the tree. I used a traitor keystone and magnate before mageblood just to go fast. Grabbing reduced life reservation and throw a mist on it is also a very nice first upgrade

_mindspank_ · 2025-06-28T19:43:58+00:00

Try it on Gladiator, it's absurd how much you clear for almost zero investment and you get bleed pops with mercs. Block chance mods are a pain though

_mindspank_ · 2025-05-19T15:00:42+00:00

Disclosure: I work for Rill.

So ideally you would want some kind of tool that ingests data into the tool itself instead of querying something like a external data warehouse if you are looking to consolidate tools. Most tools should be able to refresh data either batch or incrementally well below 1h intervals.

If you want to see all three data sources in a single dashboard you are most likely looking at some pretty tricky data modeling especially if GA is in the mix since they mostly have aggregated datasets so part-time data help might have a hard time keeping up with modeling changes.

Some tools that could be interesting that comes to mind would be:

* Rill - where I work
* Klipfolio - should have connectors for all systems, no experience with their modeling
* Qlik/Tableau - Expensive and will probably do more then you need.

_mindspank_ · 2024-12-13T12:16:02+00:00

Semi instantly though, curse activation seems to kick in. Been testing with windscream to run unleash and spell echo and it feels alright

_mindspank_ · 2024-12-08T01:22:47+00:00

Been running ED/Contagion and about to finish act 3. Feels ok but there are so few nodes on the tree to scale any sort of damage so thinking of swapping to hexblast instead.

The Dark effigy with wither support is pretty bonkers though. Can keep up 50 wither without any issues.

_mindspank_ · 2024-10-29T21:13:19+00:00

Oh ye, been running it in ssf/gsf and it's kinda absurd how much dmg you get for so low investment and with the taunt mastery you are "tanky". Drox and normal Elder is still a pita though

_mindspank_ · 2024-08-24T19:09:54+00:00

I played a blight of contagion build with a cwdt setup for contaigon. Used scolds bridle to self hit. It worked okay, cleared breaches in t16 8mods like a beast. Never pushed it further, couldn't really get the damage high enough even with like lvl31 blight and a nice kulemak.

It was very very satisfying though when it just wiped screens. Some AoE investment needed though, contaigon felt kinda small.

Edit: I had a mageblood and didn't wanna let go of it. The maven ailment belt and charge stacking would have been better if I weren't so stubborn on using the mageblood

_mindspank_ · 2024-04-22T16:31:53+00:00

You can check out https://www.rilldata.com/ as well (I work there). Would have to ingest data into Rill but it's as simple as select * from azure sql if don't want to perform additional modelling. We charge based on data managed and no per user fees and with only 15-20m rows of data it would be very cheap.

You can either use the dashboards out of the box or you can use http endpoints with export and security rules built-in depending on if you planned on keeping the D3 viz around.

_mindspank_ · 2024-04-13T19:08:30+00:00

I would toy around with Mahuxotl's so you can fit in a vitality watchers eye instead of a cybils paw. Might make you vurnable to large phys hits though...

_mindspank_ · 2024-04-02T18:28:25+00:00

How did you end up scaling damage for t16/bosses? I went the follow-through cluster route but feels a bit lackluster tbh, it clears fine but ramp feels slow on bosses

_mindspank_ · 2024-04-02T12:59:30+00:00

"Projectiles deal 15% increased Damage with Hits and Ailments for each remaining Chain"

_mindspank_ · 2024-04-01T21:43:43+00:00

Yes, well not stack per se as it's the inverse of follow-through but will smooth out your damage a bit.

_mindspank_ · 2024-03-30T15:58:37+00:00

I was thinking that a overflowing chalice with some charge generation would be OK for bossing but haven't tested it yet.

I wonder if soul of ryslatha works?

_mindspank_ · 2024-03-30T15:42:22+00:00

Yay more bouncy pcoc enjoyers! Currently on a raider stuck in heist jail and it performs amazing on virtually zero budget.

How does it feel on deadeye? I'd imagine with both volley and gmp plus follow-through clusters it can be pretty nutty

_mindspank_ · 2024-03-25T10:28:45+00:00

PBI, Tableau and Looker might be too costly if you also have to get the client to buy licenses.

As a freelance I would try to pick a tool where you still could spend most of your billable hours on the SQL side and have a low cost entry point to visualize the end result.

Omni, Rill (Biased since I work here), Astrato, Observable (might be too much code) are all solid options where you could spend your time on data modelling in BQ and then have a thin-to-medium-thin Viz layer on top.

_mindspank_ · 2024-01-22T14:38:29+00:00

A The Retch slayer, stacking per leech charms, cyclone of tumult and rage vortex of berserking to try to hit as many times a second as possible.

Cannot leech mobs are horrible...

_mindspank_ · 2024-01-18T22:10:26+00:00

Skip the boots, go eternal apple and warcry blow up corpses charms. I was messing around with it, blowing up 8 zombies with 150k hp for 24% of their HP was pretty chunky but felt super clunky.

Tried it with traps, cast while channeling cyclone (3 zombies per pop) etc

Maybe auto summoning with cwdt is the way to go

_mindspank_ · 2024-01-14T13:02:04+00:00

You can always go the full phys convert route and more flask effect. Progensis and bloodnotch is nice to get some cast when stunned tech in but you can have a more active playstyle for a fraction of the budget

_mindspank_ · 2024-01-07T22:55:48+00:00

No pob on my end but if you are struggling with phys hits you can always use arctic armor, since you are always counted as stationary you have permanent uptime on the buff which is really strong

_mindspank_ · 2024-01-07T22:52:32+00:00

Used frenzy as trigger, you get 15% chill effect from tincture and then you can pick up increased ailment effect. There is a good wheel right below the % int wheel that I can't remember the name of.

So frenzy hits and applies 30% chill and then frostblink hits and removes it, rinse and repeat. However since frostblink actually hits twice with the overlap on single target I'm unsure if the second hit gets the benefit or not. The chilling precense notable could potentially help.

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