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Nov 1

What is an agent harness, and why does your agent need one?

The model is a function. Everything that makes it an agent lives in the harness: the loop, tools, context, memory, guardrails and…

What is an agent harness, and why does your agent need one?

BastiaanRudolf

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Oct 12

Send beautiful Teams notifications from Fabric with Adaptive Cards

Most alerts get lost in the noise. I spent a day this week improving our Microsoft Fabric pipeline failure alerts to something people…

Send beautiful Teams notifications from Fabric with Adaptive Cards

BastiaanRudolf

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Sep 17

Semantic layer vs ontology: the question that decides if you need both

A Reddit post came by with someone calling Fabric Ontology smoke and mirrors. This person wasn’t buying it, even after talking to…

Semantic layer vs ontology: the question that decides if you need both

BastiaanRudolf

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Sep 16

Why your Fabric Data Agent gives wrong answers

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Why your Fabric Data Agent gives wrong answers

BastiaanRudolf

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Aug 6

The Problem with Fabric Data Pipeline Schedules and How to Fix It

I just finished implementing CI/CD for Data Pipeline schedules in Microsoft Fabric, and I ran into enough friction that it warrants writing…

The Problem with Fabric Data Pipeline Schedules and How to Fix It

BastiaanRudolf

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Aug 4

Author Fabric Data Pipelines as Code

Read this article for free on my blog here.

Author Fabric Data Pipelines as Code

BastiaanRudolf

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Jun 15

Microsoft Fabric IQ: What It Is And What People Actually Think

Microsoft announced Fabric IQ at Ignite in November 2025, meaning the data community has had a few months to familiarize itself with it…

Microsoft Fabric IQ: What It Is And What People Actually Think

BastiaanRudolf

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May 27

Stop using Excel as a frontend for your data platform

How data teams can use Power Platform for metadata management, data catalogs, and more

Stop using Excel as a frontend for your data platform

BastiaanRudolf

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May 26

Upload and Download Files With Power Apps

A few weeks back, I ran into one of those Power Apps walls that shouldn’t exist but does. I was building a Canvas App for a client. It was…

Upload and Download Files With Power Apps

BastiaanRudolf

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May 21

Microsoft Fabric: One Year Later

A little over a year ago, I wrote about my experience with Microsoft Fabric: The Good, The Bad & the Ugly. The verdict was mixed: great…

Microsoft Fabric: One Year Later

BastiaanRudolf

BastiaanRudolf

Hi, I’m Bastiaan 👋🏼 Founder of datalyft. I write about the Modern Data Workflow, where I explore tools & processes to supercharge your data capabilities.

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