> In our experience, the BI layer is the weakest part of the modern data stack. The BI layer has a poor developer experience, and decision makers don’t really like the outputs they get
Totally agree, very interested in trying this out. FWIW I've tried and been frustrated by Looker, Metabase, PowerBI, Superset, Redash.
I do think that while dbt does a great job with dimensional modelling, the BI layer is still required to provide some aspects of metric modelling. Is this something that Evidence is looking to solve? From what I've seen it looks more to be a pure frontend visualisation rather than a tool for managing business metrics. Looker and Metabase do some good work in this metric management space, Superset and PowerBI much less so.
Totally agree, very interested in trying this out. FWIW I've tried and been frustrated by Looker, Metabase, PowerBI, Superset, Redash.
I do think that while dbt does a great job with dimensional modelling, the BI layer is still required to provide some aspects of metric modelling. Is this something that Evidence is looking to solve? From what I've seen it looks more to be a pure frontend visualisation rather than a tool for managing business metrics. Looker and Metabase do some good work in this metric management space, Superset and PowerBI much less so.