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💻 Python Developer writing and coding Small Language Models
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Why AI-Augmented Analytics Doesn’t Replace Dashboards—It Reinvents Them

AI-augmented analytics isn’t killing dashboards—it’s transforming them. This article explains why dashboards remain essential in the AI era, how artificial intelligence adds prediction, explanation, and action layers, and what…
Why AI-Augmented Analytics Doesn’t Replace Dashboards—It Reinvents Them
AI-augmented analytics isn’t killing dashboards—it’s transforming them. This article explains why dashboards remain essential in the AI era, how artificial intelligence adds prediction, explanation, and action layers, and what “reinvented dashboards” look like in practice. Learn how modern dashboards evolve from static reports into intelligent decision systems without losing trust, governance, or clarity.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
When NOT to Use Agent Mode for Dashboards

Excel Agent Mode is powerful—but it is not always the right choice. This article explains when AI-driven dashboards create risk instead of value, including compliance reporting, sensitive KPIs, long-term dashboard maintenance, and performance-critical…
When NOT to Use Agent Mode for Dashboards
Excel Agent Mode is powerful—but it is not always the right choice. This article explains when AI-driven dashboards create risk instead of value, including compliance reporting, sensitive KPIs, long-term dashboard maintenance, and performance-critical Excel models. Learn how to decide when human-designed dashboards still outperform automation.
excelminidashboard.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Excel Agent Mode: How Copilot Is Redefining Dashboard Creation and Reporting

Excel Agent Mode transforms Copilot into an active dashboard-building assistant that can plan, create, and refine full Excel dashboards using natural-language instructions. Instead of manually assembling formulas,…
Excel Agent Mode: How Copilot Is Redefining Dashboard Creation and Reporting
Excel Agent Mode transforms Copilot into an active dashboard-building assistant that can plan, create, and refine full Excel dashboards using natural-language instructions. Instead of manually assembling formulas, PivotTables, and charts, users can now describe reporting goals and let Excel execute the workflow end-to-end—while keeping everything fully native and refreshable.
excelminidashboard.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Why Copilot Dashboards Look Ugly (And How to Fix Them)

Copilot can generate Excel dashboards in minutes—but many of them look cluttered, unbalanced, or unfinished. This article explains why Copilot dashboards often fall short visually and shows practical, design-focused fixes to turn AI-generated…
Why Copilot Dashboards Look Ugly (And How to Fix Them)
Copilot can generate Excel dashboards in minutes—but many of them look cluttered, unbalanced, or unfinished. This article explains why Copilot dashboards often fall short visually and shows practical, design-focused fixes to turn AI-generated drafts into clear, usable dashboards.
excelminidashboard.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Agent Mode vs. Traditional Excel Dashboards: What Changes—and What Still Matters

Excel Agent Mode introduces a radically different way to build dashboards—but it does not make traditional Excel dashboards obsolete. This article compares AI-driven Agent Mode dashboards with classic manual Excel…
Agent Mode vs. Traditional Excel Dashboards: What Changes—and What Still Matters
Excel Agent Mode introduces a radically different way to build dashboards—but it does not make traditional Excel dashboards obsolete. This article compares AI-driven Agent Mode dashboards with classic manual Excel dashboards, explaining where automation excels, where human control still matters, and how most teams will ultimately adopt a hybrid approach.
excelminidashboard.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
What Is AI-Augmented Analytics—and How Does It Change the Role of Dashboards?

AI-augmented analytics adds explanation, prediction, and decision support on top of traditional reporting. In this guide, learn what AI-augmented analytics is, how it works, and how dashboards evolve from static KPI…
What Is AI-Augmented Analytics—and How Does It Change the Role of Dashboards?
AI-augmented analytics adds explanation, prediction, and decision support on top of traditional reporting. In this guide, learn what AI-augmented analytics is, how it works, and how dashboards evolve from static KPI scoreboards into interactive decision interfaces—especially in Excel-centric workflows.
excelminidashboard.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The Best Workflow to Build an Excel Dashboard (Step-by-Step)

What is the best way to build an Excel dashboard that actually scales? This step-by-step workflow shows how professionals plan, structure, and design Excel dashboards that are clean, reliable, and easy to maintain.
The Best Workflow to Build an Excel Dashboard (Step-by-Step)
What is the best way to build an Excel dashboard that actually scales? This step-by-step workflow shows how professionals plan, structure, and design Excel dashboards that are clean, reliable, and easy to maintain.
excelminidashboard.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Are Pivot Tables Essential for Building Excel Dashboards?

Are pivot tables really required to build Excel dashboards? This article explains when pivot tables are essential, when formulas work better, and how modern Excel users combine both approaches to create scalable, flexible, and visually…
Are Pivot Tables Essential for Building Excel Dashboards?
Are pivot tables really required to build Excel dashboards? This article explains when pivot tables are essential, when formulas work better, and how modern Excel users combine both approaches to create scalable, flexible, and visually precise dashboards.
excelminidashboard.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Stop Googling Excel Syntax — Let the AI Assistant Handle It

Tired of Googling how to write SUMIFS, XLOOKUP, or IF formulas? The Excel Formula Assistant lets you type normal English and instantly get the correct Excel formula—no syntax, no guessing, no tutorials. This guide shows how the AI…
Stop Googling Excel Syntax — Let the AI Assistant Handle It
Tired of Googling how to write SUMIFS, XLOOKUP, or IF formulas? The Excel Formula Assistant lets you type normal English and instantly get the correct Excel formula—no syntax, no guessing, no tutorials. This guide shows how the AI replaces the need for formula lookups and helps you work faster, smarter, and without the frustration of remembering Excel’s rules.
nanolanguagemodels.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The AI That Understands Your Spreadsheet — User Edition

The Excel Formula Assistant does more than generate formulas — it understands the meaning behind your task. This user-friendly guide explains how the AI interprets plain English instructions and converts them into correct Excel logic, helping…
The AI That Understands Your Spreadsheet — User Edition
The Excel Formula Assistant does more than generate formulas — it understands the meaning behind your task. This user-friendly guide explains how the AI interprets plain English instructions and converts them into correct Excel logic, helping you work faster, avoid mistakes, and learn Excel naturally.
nanolanguagemodels.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Excel for Beginners — Let AI Write Your First 20 Formulas

New to Excel? You don’t need to memorize formulas anymore. This beginner-friendly guide shows how to use the Excel Formula Assistant to write your first 20 formulas using plain English—covering sums, counts, lookups, text functions, dates,…
Excel for Beginners — Let AI Write Your First 20 Formulas
New to Excel? You don’t need to memorize formulas anymore. This beginner-friendly guide shows how to use the Excel Formula Assistant to write your first 20 formulas using plain English—covering sums, counts, lookups, text functions, dates, and IF logic. Perfect for students, beginners, and anyone learning Excel through real examples.
nanolanguagemodels.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
How to Use Natural Language to Write Excel Formulas (With Examples)

Learn how to turn plain English into working Excel formulas using the Excel Formula Assistant. This guide walks through real examples—from simple SUM and COUNT to XLOOKUP and multi-condition formulas—so you can stop memorizing…
How to Use Natural Language to Write Excel Formulas (With Examples)
Learn how to turn plain English into working Excel formulas using the Excel Formula Assistant. This guide walks through real examples—from simple SUM and COUNT to XLOOKUP and multi-condition formulas—so you can stop memorizing syntax and start describing what you want in everyday language.
nanolanguagemodels.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
10 Excel Tasks You Can Now Do Without Remembering a Single Formula

If you’ve ever paused your work to Google “How does SUMIFS work again?”, you’re not alone. Excel formulas are powerful, but nobody remembers every function, every argument, or every tiny syntax detail. Now you don’t have to. With…
10 Excel Tasks You Can Now Do Without Remembering a Single Formula
If you’ve ever paused your work to Google “How does SUMIFS work again?”, you’re not alone. Excel formulas are powerful, but nobody remembers every function, every argument, or every tiny syntax detail. Now you don’t have to. With the Excel Formula Assistant, you simply describe what you want — and it writes the formula for you. Here are 10 real tasks you can complete instantly using plain English, no formula knowledge required. 1. Sum values with a condition You type:“Add all sales in column B where region in column A is North.”
nanolanguagemodels.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Meet Your New Excel Assistant: Type What You Want, Get the Formula

If you’ve ever struggled to remember the exact Excel formula you need… you’re not alone. Maybe you know what you want to do: “Sum sales for the North region” “Find the product name for ID in cell F2” “Count how many orders are…
Meet Your New Excel Assistant: Type What You Want, Get the Formula
If you’ve ever struggled to remember the exact Excel formula you need… you’re not alone. Maybe you know what you want to do: “Sum sales for the North region” “Find the product name for ID in cell F2” “Count how many orders are above 500” “Return the date of the latest entry” …but typing the right formula?That part slows everyone down. Now you don’t have to worry about it anymore. ✨ Introducing the Excel Formula Assistant The Excel Formula Assistant is an AI tool that lets you type a normal sentence — and instantly get a correct Excel formula.
nanolanguagemodels.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Curriculum Learning — Training Your SLM From Easy to Hard

Curriculum learning trains your Small Language Model from easy to hard tasks, improving stability, accuracy, and generalization. Learn how to structure a curriculum for maximum SLM performance.
Curriculum Learning — Training Your SLM From Easy to Hard
Curriculum learning trains your Small Language Model from easy to hard tasks, improving stability, accuracy, and generalization. Learn how to structure a curriculum for maximum SLM performance.
nanolanguagemodels.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Regularization Techniques — Keeping Your SLM Stable During Training

Learn the essential regularization techniques needed to keep Small Language Model training stable and prevent overfitting, including dropout, weight decay, gradient clipping, data augmentation, and early stopping.
Regularization Techniques — Keeping Your SLM Stable During Training
Learn the essential regularization techniques needed to keep Small Language Model training stable and prevent overfitting, including dropout, weight decay, gradient clipping, data augmentation, and early stopping.
nanolanguagemodels.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Learning Rate Schedules — Warmup, Decay & Why They Matter

Learn how warmup, linear decay, cosine decay, and learning rate schedules dramatically affect SLM training stability and final accuracy.
Learning Rate Schedules — Warmup, Decay & Why They Matter
Learn how warmup, linear decay, cosine decay, and learning rate schedules dramatically affect SLM training stability and final accuracy.
nanolanguagemodels.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Evaluation Metrics — How to Measure SLM Performance Properly

Learn the essential evaluation metrics for training a Small Language Model, including accuracy, precision, recall, syntax validity, functional correctness, and benchmark scoring.
Evaluation Metrics — How to Measure SLM Performance Properly
Learn the essential evaluation metrics for training a Small Language Model, including accuracy, precision, recall, syntax validity, functional correctness, and benchmark scoring.
nanolanguagemodels.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Overfitting vs Underfitting — Finding the Sweet Spot in SLM Training

Overfitting and underfitting determine how well your Small Language Model learns. This guide explains how to detect both, prevent them, and tune your dataset and training loop for stable, high-quality SLM performance.
Overfitting vs Underfitting — Finding the Sweet Spot in SLM Training
Overfitting and underfitting determine how well your Small Language Model learns. This guide explains how to detect both, prevent them, and tune your dataset and training loop for stable, high-quality SLM performance.
nanolanguagemodels.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Tokenization — How SLMs Understand Text

Tokenization is how Small Language Models convert text into tokens — the numerical building blocks they use to understand and generate language. Learn how tokenizers work, why they matter, and how to design datasets that fit your SLM.
Tokenization — How SLMs Understand Text
Tokenization is how Small Language Models convert text into tokens — the numerical building blocks they use to understand and generate language. Learn how tokenizers work, why they matter, and how to design datasets that fit your SLM.
nanolanguagemodels.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Batch Size & Gradient Accumulation — Training Efficiently on Limited Hardware

Learn how batch size and gradient accumulation affect Small Language Model training. Train SLMs efficiently on laptops, small GPUs, or constrained hardware using the right settings.
Batch Size & Gradient Accumulation — Training Efficiently on Limited Hardware
Learn how batch size and gradient accumulation affect Small Language Model training. Train SLMs efficiently on laptops, small GPUs, or constrained hardware using the right settings.
nanolanguagemodels.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Understanding Loss Functions — How SLMs Measure Mistakes

Loss functions measure how wrong an SLM is during training. Learn how cross-entropy loss works, what good loss values look like, and how to use loss curves to guide your training.
Understanding Loss Functions — How SLMs Measure Mistakes
Loss functions measure how wrong an SLM is during training. Learn how cross-entropy loss works, what good loss values look like, and how to use loss curves to guide your training.
nanolanguagemodels.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Learning Rates & Optimizers — How SLMs Actually Improve

Learn how learning rates, optimizers, and schedulers shape the way Small Language Models learn. A practical guide for training and fine-tuning your own SLM.
Learning Rates & Optimizers — How SLMs Actually Improve
Learn how learning rates, optimizers, and schedulers shape the way Small Language Models learn. A practical guide for training and fine-tuning your own SLM.
nanolanguagemodels.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Training Loops Explained (Forward, Backward, Loss, Optimization)

A simple guide to understanding the training loop behind every Small Language Model. Learn how forward passes, loss functions, backpropagation, and optimization work together to train your SLM.
Training Loops Explained (Forward, Backward, Loss, Optimization)
A simple guide to understanding the training loop behind every Small Language Model. Learn how forward passes, loss functions, backpropagation, and optimization work together to train your SLM.
nanolanguagemodels.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Sequence Length & Context Windows — How Much Can an SLM Remember?

How much can a Small Language Model remember? This article explains sequence lengths, context windows, memory limits, and how to design your dataset so an SLM learns efficiently.
Sequence Length & Context Windows — How Much Can an SLM Remember?
How much can a Small Language Model remember? This article explains sequence lengths, context windows, memory limits, and how to design your dataset so an SLM learns efficiently.
nanolanguagemodels.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM