Real numbers, real bugs, real fixes from 20+ Metabase audits. New posts ship when we have something worth saying.
How to safely give an LLM access to Metabase without it inventing dashboards, leaking data, or running expensive queries. Auth, schema introspection, hallucination prevention, and example code in Python and TypeScript.
If your MRR query is one SUM and a date filter, it's wrong. Here's how to handle annual contracts, grace periods, refunds, and churn correctly in SQL against a Stripe schema.
An honest, opinionated comparison of seven BI tools (Metabase, Hex, Lightdash, Looker, Mode, Preset) I get asked about most. Pricing, audience, where each one breaks. No vendor pitch. Pick the one that fits how your team works.
After auditing seven Metabase setups for SaaS companies, the same patterns keep showing up: dead dashboards, duplicate metrics, joins that quietly inflate revenue. Here's what I look for first.