🌲 Day 33 – Building, Breathing, and Being Present 💻❤️ Today wasn’t a heavy build day, and that’s okay. We took a little hike as a family 🥾 — fresh air, cold weather, cozy cabin vibes 🧣🔥. The kids were a bit under the weather last night, so priorities shifted to family time.

🌿 Day 34 – Back from Vacation & Back to Building! 🛠️ Well, we're home from vacation... 😢 Bittersweet for sure. It was so good visiting where I grew up — days on the lake, slowing down, and taking in the beauty of the place that shaped me. We even squeezed in some fishing 🎣,

I Thought Burnout Wouldn’t Hit Me — But It Did I figured I was wired for pressure. Deadlines. Dashboards. But burnout still got me. And honestly? I didn’t learn how to fight it until late in my career. What’s helped: • Quiet mornings before data • Real breaks (no

Very helpful AI guided learning experience for Power BI/DAX! Thanks, Mark!

🌱 Day 35 – Big Win on Batching + Spring Energy in Full Swing Last night was one of those very good nights—the kind that reminds me why I started building this app. I finally nailed down a working concept for batching queries across very large Power BI workspaces. Some users

🚨 Day 36 – Progress, Persistence, and Possibilities 🚀 I seriously can't believe it’s already Day 36 of building this app! 😱 If you’ve been following along on this journey—whether from Day 1 or just recently—thank you so much. Your support means the world. 🙏 💬 Drop a ❤️ and

🚀 Day 37 – Fleas, Focus & Forward Momentum 🧠📊 Hey friends 👋 Today marks Day 37 of building my app—and I’ve got to say, I’m feeling super energized. Both my day job and my passion project have me fired up lately. Power BI continues to blow my mind 🤯, and there’s something

🚀 Day 38: BenMakesDataEasy – A Game-Changer for Power BI Users I really believe BenMakesDataEasy is a one-of-a-kind tool for Power BI. There are similar tools out there, sure—but they either: 🧰 Require installation as external desktop tools, or 📊 Are built inside Power BI

💡 Day 39 – Consolidation & The Birth of... The Microsoft App Man! 🦸‍♂️💻 Yep… I did it. I gave myself a nickname — The Microsoft App Man 😄 And honestly… it feels right. Because I’m not here to build just one app. I’m on a mission to build a whole suite of apps that make

Take this to heart: instead of fearing that AI might take our jobs, focus on the good that could come from it. It could free us to spend more time on what truly matters—our families, our spouses, our kids, and our neighbors.

Y’all have been such an awesome source of inspiration for Dashboard Friday — so many great reports out there! Just wanted to share a little something to say thanks. Keep up the amazing work — you're doing great things! 🙌

🚀 Day 40 – Things Are Moving! It’s hard to believe I’m already 40 days into building this app. What started as just an idea is turning into something real—and I’m really liking where it’s at. 🔧✨ I’ve been consolidating features, smoothing out rough edges, and today it just

BenMakesDataEasy is soooo hott right now! Check it out - benmakesdataeasy.com #powerbi #datamadeeasy #datafam

🎉 Day 40 – The Forrest Gump Phase of App Building I started building a simple app to make Power BI easier to use. I didn’t have a team. I didn’t have funding. I just had a vision… and a Stripe account 😅 Now, 40 days in, I’m getting ready to submit to Microsoft AppSource —

🚀 Day 42: A Day in the Life of a Power BI SaaS Developer (Microsoft App Man) 🧑‍💻📊 They don’t tell you this part when you start building a web app… You think it’s going to be all code and dashboards and maybe some front-end UI fixes. But here I am, 42 days deep into building

Check out Mark's new video on expanded tables in Power BI/DAX. A good way to level up your skills and a very easy video to follow! Thanks, Mark!