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Find the boring wins
Find the boring wins
August 19, 2026
They might not be so boring to others

Which details matter?
Which details matter?
August 12, 2026
The answer can't be all of them

The unreasonable effectiveness of drop-in replacements
The unreasonable effectiveness of drop-in replacements
August 5, 2026
Building a better tool is not enough

Coding taste is like depression
Coding taste is like depression
July 31, 2026
And we should stop pretending otherwise

Give people an anchor
Give people an anchor
July 29, 2026
Prevent people from falling through the cracks of your codebase

Have a downhill option
Have a downhill option
July 24, 2026
Why s mix of difficulty options beats optimization

Quiz yourself on concepts
July 22, 2026
Why asking yourself "why" will improve your learning process

Quiz yourself sooner
Quiz yourself sooner
July 17, 2026
Look, I don't want to either There's nothing quite like tearing through a bunch of learning material. Maybe you're a sicko like me and watch video tutorials...

Make beginning less weird
Make beginning less weird
July 15, 2026
Never easy, and also You can learn a lot about a group by how they treat beginners. Pro-tip, if "beginner energy" reads as an insult that's a bad sign....

Build something interactive
Build something interactive
March 12, 2025
And it doesn't have to be data viz!

Go back to basics
Go back to basics
February 26, 2025
Why embracing knowledge gaps is the way

Check if your project is impossible
Check if your project is impossible
February 19, 2025
Avoiding toxic optimism in your data projects

Make your README a brag sheet
Make your README a brag sheet
January 22, 2025
I regret to inform you that better documentation means better projects

Label data by hand
Label data by hand
January 8, 2025
We often start coding to avoid "by hand" work. Here's why labeling your own data is worth the time

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