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In-depth, practical notes on semantic models and the Microsoft data platform.

We Act on Metadata

How a boring ingestion layer becomes the foundation for ops, quality, and governance -- without a separate catalog project

20 min read · May 04, 2026

2026 · governance data-quality observability metadata microsoft-fabric · yaml-ingestion
Runbooks as Infrastructure

The 3am test, and why the instruction for a human is engineering, not documentation

24 min read · May 02, 2026

2026 · runbooks operations devops documentation microsoft-fabric · yaml-ingestion
Battle Scars

What happens when a YAML-driven platform meets production reality

23 min read · April 25, 2026

2026 · production spark lessons operations microsoft-fabric · yaml-ingestion
The Scheduler's Contract

How scheduling becomes infrastructure -- data freshness as a promise, not a hope

26 min read · April 23, 2026

2026 · scheduling orchestration sla data-freshness microsoft-fabric · yaml-ingestion
Metadata All the Way Down

Governing your ingestion metadata with more metadata -- and knowing which metadata is which

14 min read · April 18, 2026

2026 · metadata governance validation yaml microsoft-fabric · yaml-ingestion