How I Would Build the Tableau Connector SDK Today

How I Would Build the Tableau Connector SDK Today
I spent six years at Tableau turning data connectivity from a centralized engineering bottleneck into a partner ecosystem. We went from about 40 connectors, all built by Tableau engineers, to 120+ in the catalog with partners building their own. The Connector SDK, the TDVT test harness, the certification program, and the Tableau Exchange marketplace were the four legs of that platform. The platform worked. It drove 3x adoption, and it shifted connector authorship from "Tableau…

Python Nerdery: Natural Language to SQL Bird Call Queries

Python Nerdery: Natural Language to SQL Bird Call Queries
Sitting at my desk with a fresh coffee, I had an idea: build a web app that lets you ask questions about the Haikubox bird data in plain English and get plain answers back. Built the whole thing using Ollama to handle the natural language → SQL conversion, then execute the query and craft a response. Used GPT o1 Preview for most of the Python. Knocked it out in just 3/4 of a coffee cup.