Thoughts, insights, and explorations on data science, AI, and technology.

Building Intelligent Automation Systems

May 15, 2025

Building Intelligent Automation Systems

The discipline of small agent counts, and what nobody tells you about the long tail of production failures.

AutomationAI AgentsProduction ML
Data Science in Practice: Real-world Applications

May 10, 2025

Data Science in Practice: Real-world Applications

Three projects where the modeling was the easy part, and why data science is mostly translation work.

Data ScienceTranslationPractitioner Notes
The Future of AI in Business Operations

May 5, 2025

The Future of AI in Business Operations

Four patterns showing up in real AI deployments, and why the value is going to live in the unglamorous middle.

AIEnterprisePatterns
Machine Learning for Predictive Analytics

April 28, 2025

Machine Learning for Predictive Analytics

Three forecasting projects that worked and didn't, and the validation strategy nobody asks about until it's too late.

Machine LearningForecastingValidation
Building Cloud-Native Data Architecture

April 20, 2025

Building Cloud-Native Data Architecture

The parts of cloud architecture that don't fit on the diagram, and why subtraction is the actual creative act.

CloudAWSArchitecture
Data Ethics and Responsible AI

April 15, 2025

Data Ethics and Responsible AI

Why most AI ethics writing is the problem it's trying to describe.

EthicsResponsible AIPractice
Data Visualization Best Practices

April 8, 2025

Data Visualization Best Practices

Why subtraction is the discipline in data visualization.

Data VisualizationDesignCraft
NLP for Customer Insights: Beyond Sentiment Analysis

April 1, 2025

NLP for Customer Insights: Beyond Sentiment Analysis

The limits of sentiment dashboards, and the techniques that actually surface what customers are saying.

NLPCustomer ResearchPractice
The Art and Science of Data-Driven Decision Making

March 25, 2025

The Art and Science of Data-Driven Decision Making

Why "data-driven" is a phrase that's been hollowed out by repetition.

Decision MakingData StrategyJudgment
The Intersection of Music and Data Visualization

March 18, 2025

The Intersection of Music and Data Visualization

Why music has been the original data visualization all along.

MusicData VisualizationNotation