PinnedRalfo Becher·Feb 25Building OrionBelt: An Open-Source Semantic Layer for the AI EraHow I built an API-first semantic layer engine that compiles YAML models into SQL across 5 database dialects — and why AI assistants need…A response icon2A response icon2
PinnedRalfo Becher·Oct 23, 2025The Future of Business Intelligence: Natural Language Analytics with AI AssistantsHow we built a semantic database layer that lets Claude and other LLMs become your data analyst.
PinnedRalfo Becher·Sep 8, 2025How I Virtualized a Unified Star Schema Using LLMI’ve always been interested in shortcuts in data engineering. Life is too short to delve into every complex ETL/ELT job. My mindset is…
PinnedRalfo Becher·Aug 8, 2025Speeding Up Ad Hoc Analytics with Smart Pre-AggregationIn today’s modern data platforms, ad hoc analytics needs to be lightning fast, flexible, and cost-effective. But as data volumes grow and…A response icon1A response icon1
PinnedRalfo Becher·Jun 4, 2025Offload your Qlik Data into a Lakehouse, finally!Who else in the Qlik community remembers the QlikView 8.0 ODBC Driver?A response icon1A response icon1
Ralfo Becher·May 22OrionBelt Semantic Layer now offers PostgreSQL Wire Protocol — ready for the Semantic LoopA response icon1A response icon1
Ralfo Becher·May 4Freshness Inheritance: Why Your Semantic Layer Cache is in the Wrong Place.A design note. The freshness contract belongs on the source table, not on the cubes that read it. Implementation is in progress in…A response icon1A response icon1
Ralfo Becher·Apr 1You Don’t Need a PhD to Build an OntologyI keep running into the same ridiculous problem. Every few months, I need to build an ontology: define some classes, add properties, maybe…A response icon2A response icon2
Ralfo Becher·Mar 12OrionBelt Analytics: The Next Step in AI-Powered AnalyticsTeaching AI to automatically understand databases, so it can help you analyze them
Ralfo Becher·Nov 11, 2025Agentic AI für Business Analytics — Wie der Database Ontology MCP Server Text-to-SQL, Auto-Charts…Moderne Business Analytics befindet sich an einem Wendepunkt. Während klassische BI-Tools oft umfangreiche Modellierungsarbeit und…
