Agents Without Tools Are Just Chatbots With Ambition
Everyone wants an AI agent. Most organizations haven't done the prerequisite work to make one useful. The key isn't building agents — it's wiring the tools.
The Analyst Who Didn't Touch the Keyboard
I gave an AI agent one prompt: query Snowflake, build a dashboard, screenshot it, write the article, publish it. It pulled the wrong data first. Then it figured it out. This is what the future of the analyst looks like.
OOO: The Next Casualty of AI
Snow days died when remote work made 'I can't get in' irrelevant. Now AI agents that run 24/7 are coming for your vacation. The research on burnout is already here.
Interviewing In The Age of AI: Has It Changed?
Hiring managers are not looking for the best technical answers anymore. They are looking for candidates who know how to define the problem before they solve it. Here is what that looks like in a room.
100% of Your Code is Not 100% of Your Job
Even if AI is 100% effective at writing code, coding might only be 10% of what you actually do all day. The code was never the job. It was just the part that was easy to see.
Drag, Drop, Done: Why Expensive Visual Analytics Tools Won't Survive the Transparency Era
SaaS black boxes sell you on easy to read and easy to audit. But are they? Open source code, even AI-generated code, gives you more visibility, flexibility, and control than the tools you're already paying five figures for.
How A 15% Ruby Tuesday Coupon Taught Me The ABCs of Business
You never know when the next interaction will change your career. A 15% coupon to Ruby Tuesday opened a door I didn't even know existed.
Your Degree Was on Life Support. AI Pulled the Plug.
The talent pipeline was breaking long before AI entered the conversation. What's interesting is that the very decline happening in academic programs might be what forces the correction everyone is waiting for.
"Agents Aren't That Good At Coding", No It's Your Documentation That Sucks
The agents aren't broken. Your documentation is. Here's how to fix it by using agents to create documentation while you code.
Unique Over Unicorn: Build For You First
The billion-dollar idea probably isn't hiding in your attic. But the tool that saves you 30 minutes a day? That one's right in front of you.
Validate Me Please! How Vision Can Be An Unlock With Conversation Analytics
What vendors won't tell you is that the real barrier to conversational analytics adoption isn't SQL accuracy—it's verification. Could vision be the missing piece?
Not Every Hill Is Worth Dying On
Knowing which battles to fight is a career-defining skill. Here's what I learned about choosing the right hills—as an employee, a manager, and a colleague.
Building What Doesn't Exist: A Decomposition Tree for Streamlit in Snowflake
Power BI has the decomposition tree. Streamlit in Snowflake doesn't. So I built one from scratch with vanilla JavaScript and inline SVG.
2 Things That Will Help You Get a Job in AI/Data in 2026
After 7 years of teaching at Northeastern and interviewing candidates, here's what actually matters for landing a job in AI and data analytics.
Focus on What It Can Do
After working on a product for over a year, the feedback that rings loudest is what it 'can't do.' But that's not where progress lives.
The Great Agent Bakeoff: Claude Code vs Cursor 2.0
I gave two AI coding agents the same forecasting challenge. Only one could overcome it.