I don't use Tableau but had similar feelings recently with Databricks. Tools like these are probably fine for folks who want more grunt than a laptop without ne

I don't use Tableau but had similar feelings recently with Databricks. Tools like these are probably fine for folks who want more grunt than a laptop without needing to learn much about cloud, infrastructure or security. But for me, it feels like a straight jacket. It lets you get going quickly but at the expense of flexibility. Slowly but surely the warts become apparent. A year or two really isn't a lot of time (for an individual nor company) to invest in order to build long term skills in powerful tools that side step inflexible (and expensive) platforms.