Rif Kiamil ( Google Developer Exper, DBT & LookerML )
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Rif Kiamil ( Google Developer Exper, DBT & LookerML )
@rifkiamil.bsky.social
a Google Developer Expert & proudly sporting a trophy case of accolades from Microsoft.

"You haven't truly lived until you've panicked the NT Kernel with NMI Interrupt." Rif 2012 - TAP AX6 & WAVE13
LLMs need to learn from real people. You will be referenced and found on the open internet. I should be posting everything on LinkedIn on a blog as well. Though I typically post on Medium, since I can include it under the Google publication section.
November 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Read more sre.google/workbook/eli... Google defines Toil as manual, repetitive work that scales linearly with service growth, & mandates that SREs spend less than 50% of their time on it. The remaining time must be spent on reduce future toil via automation or improve reliability.
Google SRE - Operational Efficiency: Eliminating Toil
SREs optimize their time by eliminating toil, the repetitive, predictable tasks related. The characteristics of toil and operational efficiency.
sre.google
November 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Need to get a good LookML and Looker digram into this @ssp.sh
November 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCZn...
-Engine - VertiPaq
1. a box for VertiPaq which connected with
1.1 PowerPivot 2010 Add-In for Excel 2010
1.2 Analysis Services Tabular Mode
1.3 SQL Server 2012 - Columnstore storage
-Acquired
2. Maximal Innovative Intelligence
2.1 MS Data Analyzer (2002) (for OLAP)
Evolutionary History of Microsoft Fabric - Spreadsheets to Lakehouse
YouTube video by Insights & Outliers
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September 13, 2025 at 8:26 AM
See more on research.google/pubs/ - Read Dremel paper research.google/pubs/dremel-... or get notebooklm.google turn the paper into a podcast.
April 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Reposted by Rif Kiamil ( Google Developer Exper, DBT & LookerML )
@ssp.sh Here is the 1st online demo Project Gemini, which became PowerPivot with VertiPaq youtu.be/KrpBLFRQFnk?..., I saw at the time as Microsoft Office Advisory Council or M$ TAP programs. Even V-Order in Fabric is Microsoft's special way of enhancing performance from Delta Lake.
Excel - Excel Gemini: The Game-Changing Tool for Data Analysis & Business Intelligence - Episode 975
YouTube video by MrExcel.com
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January 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
One more project name; I can't recall it right now, but I will find it.
January 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It is also integrated into Azure Synapse Dedicated SQL (formerly SQL DW) when setting the table as a Columnstore index. Just make sure you know about the 8-byte rule. Some good history and knowledge here www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_VP... & www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWkc...
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January 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
@ssp.sh Here is the 1st online demo Project Gemini, which became PowerPivot with VertiPaq youtu.be/KrpBLFRQFnk?..., I saw at the time as Microsoft Office Advisory Council or M$ TAP programs. Even V-Order in Fabric is Microsoft's special way of enhancing performance from Delta Lake.
Excel - Excel Gemini: The Game-Changing Tool for Data Analysis & Business Intelligence - Episode 975
YouTube video by MrExcel.com
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM