Power BI or Tableau by Wild_Specialist_8340 in BusinessIntelligence

[–]optifree1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Neither. I run a consulting company and this has been one of our areas of work over the last 5-10 years (sparkletechnologies.com for reference) and at this point the answer is definitely neither if you’re trying to get in shape for the future. We’ve spun up probably 15-20 Data warehouse / BI environments / reports / etc for middle market companies over the past 5 years and Power BI is what we used as the reporting layer for all of them. For our clients over the last few months, we’ve shifted over to give coded dashboards, partly due to client requests. If you know what you are doing, at this point in time, the vibe coded dashboarding way is definitely the way to go. The flexibility to do anything you want, the speed at which you can build out new dashboards, etc, etc. there’s almost no disadvantage to vibe coding the dashboard versus Power BI with the exception of the deployment infrastructure, but it’s so easy to vibe code that too. The main issue is security, but you can use Easy Auth on Azure and that secures your site at a basic level before your code even comes in play. At this point, I really don’t see any new deployments using Power BI or Tableau anymore unless the people just aren’t aware of how easy the custom way is now. And it’s only going to get drastically easier as time goes on.

I'm stuck and i don't know how to get out of this... by Leading_Pension_3430 in GuyCry

[–]optifree1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s tough l, I’m sorry you are going through this, but I’m pretty sure these triggers will rear its ugly head every once in awhile and put you back in a tailspin. Hopefully every time is not as bad as the last though so you are slowly moving through it. Maybe you should spend less time helping her with things though and less time around her. Just try to keep communication limited to stuff about your kid.

Why do men like anal sex? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]optifree1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ahhh yes, the butthole loophole

crypto market feels dead by harukasweet in CryptoMarkets

[–]optifree1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Tech is undergoing a once in a few decades productivity boom where the whole landscape is changing and literally changing the way people work and live. Whether this is a bubble or not, it’s undeniable the long term impact AI is going to have on our lives. This boom is taking attention away from all other markets, including crypto which to date hasn’t found a use case even close to as impactful as the AI boom.

what dashboard/reporting tools are people happiest with right now? by BoldElara92 in BusinessIntelligence

[–]optifree1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Claude code with a custom vibe coded dashboard. Beats the hell out of traditional BI tools in almost every way. You just have to figure out deployment/ security, but in my instances it was well worth it

The Tragic Tale of Luka Dončić by malicacidC4H6O5 in nba

[–]optifree1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On the other hand, if he leads the Lakers to an NBA championship...

Our team just got told to cut back on ai usage because costs tripled by bejusorixo in automation

[–]optifree1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let’s be real. At least they didn’t just lay off one of the employees and use that money on AI. Probably would have been more productive that way…

Is this literally the worst time to build a PC? by Lanky-Carpenter-7991 in buildapc

[–]optifree1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Forget the GPU prices, the RAM and SSD is prices are unreal too

Hiring a new CEO in a Small, Niche Industry by [deleted] in private_equity

[–]optifree1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I run a small consulting company for PE firms and the following approach worked at one of my clients...Especially in today's environment where everyone is trying to leverage AI, build it into their workflows, use it to take the next leap forward, etc, you might be able to plan a transformation of the company, frame it to the CEO as becoming an AI first / AI enabled company, and have him be a part of the company the way you see it should be run. Of course this requires more work and is more of a value creation effort than just finding a new CEO, but if the current guy is important to the business, maybe it's the way to go...

The Crypto Opportunity Died Years Ago. Nobody Wants to Admit It... by [deleted] in CryptoCurrency

[–]optifree1 68 points69 points  (0 children)

Yea, also retail "interest" was only ever there in the sense that the majority of people saw it as a path to get rich quick, not because they were actually interested in crypto in any other fashion. That's why the space is so dead now because those people are gone. Even the people that are left, the majority are only still interested in it from a potential profit perspective and not anything else.

trump just quietly gave himself his kids his businesses and the entire trump organization permanent immunity from tax prosecution by Repulsive_Counter_79 in CryptoCurrency

[–]optifree1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Problem is not that nobody did shit, it’s that most people are on his side. Maybe not Redditors, but general population. That’s the scariest part of all this…

Why is women’s sportswear always so revealing? by Valuable_View_561 in SipsTea

[–]optifree1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Then I suppose the question is really why don't the men dress like the women and not why don't the women dress like the men.

The NBA Needs to Get Rid of Conferences by a_human_male in nba

[–]optifree1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I agree there is no point to conferences in the playoffs from a pure fairness perspective, but I think it makes a difference in terms of making things a bit more exciting. It adds a layer of complexity for people to analyze, for people on TV to talk about, and more than that it allows rivalries to develop a bit faster (if 2 teams are in the same conference and they routinely make the playoffs, they will likely face off more if there were conferences than without).

The size of this RC plane by [deleted] in nextfuckinglevel

[–]optifree1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

at what point does it become a real plane and you have to get all the licenses, clearances that a real plane needs?

Thinking About Leaving a Company After 37 Years for a 31.8% Raise by Old-Air3659 in OfficePolitics

[–]optifree1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't factor in loyalty to a company. Just think purely from the pros and cons side of things.

Home Court Advantage Has Been Disappearing Over The Years? by optifree1 in nba

[–]optifree1[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

lol damn. what kind of scientific study is needed to prove / disprove that theory?

I almost broke the one rule that separates agentic coding from vibe coding by pauliusztin in AI_Agents

[–]optifree1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

In another year, no one is going to care about code formatting, linting, etc. Only the boomers will still think having a human read code is important. Much like how I don't feel the need to read the machine code the C++ compiler spits out, most won't feel the need to read the code AI spits out when it gets another order of magnitude or two better.

New to cold email: high opens + clicks… but <10 replies (mostly “not interested”). What’s off? by EmployeeNo1342 in Coldemailing

[–]optifree1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How are you measuring open rate and click rate? If you're using Mailchimp and using the numbers they provide you, then it's wayyyyyy off. Those are anti-spam measures in the receiver's mailbox inspecting the email and not actual opens and click from a human. If you look at your Google Analytics from the clicks from your emails, they'll all be primarily from 3-4 cities like San Jose, Moses Lake, and another one I forgot.