TJ Palanca

Newsletter

I write a semi-regular newsletter on new things in my work and life, things I find interesting, and things I've read. It's intended to help me build the habit of reading and coalescing knowledge through writing.

2022-07-31

New Python Libraries, Quarto, and Viruses

In this newsletter issue, I talk about my revised Python stack, getting COVID, and Quarto.

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2021-11-30

Analysis quality, software engineering, and proprietary systems

Analysis quality

One of the great ironies of the analytics industry is its utter inability to measure itself. Despite “defining key metrics” for ambiguous business processes being a key responsibility in nearly every analytics role, we enthusiastically reject doing it for ourselves. - Benn Stancil

There’s been a lot of ink spilled on what constitutes a good analysis, but I’ve found there’s a common thread coalescing around the idea that in a world without counterfactuals and rife with complex (emergent) systems fast decisions are good decisions.

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