Notes from the journey.

Short, honest articles on data strategy, building software that people actually use, and the craft of turning messy numbers into clean decisions.

Why Most Dashboards Fail
AUG 18, 2024 • DATA STRATEGY

Why Most Dashboards Fail — And How to Design for Decisions, Not Just Charts

Most BI dashboards become digital ghost towns within three weeks of launch. The reason isn't bad data or ugly colors — it's that they answer questions nobody is being held accountable for. If an executive glances at a number and can't answer "what action do I take if this goes red?", that metric has no place on the screen.

From Millions of GA4 Events to Revenue
JUL 04, 2024 • ANALYTICS • SQL

From Millions of GA4 Events to Revenue: Dissecting the E-Commerce Purchase Funnel in BigQuery

Unnesting GA4's nested event parameters can quickly drive query bills through the roof if you aren't careful. Here is how I partition event tables, write windowed CTEs, and run statistical significance tests on cohort retention to isolate where users drop off between adding to cart and completing payment.

Building ClientVault Pro Desktop CRM
MAY 20, 2024 • SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE

Building ClientVault Pro: Why I Chose Electron, React and SQLite Over Cloud SaaS

Running Creative Moonlight Studio taught me that small agencies don't need another $40/month subscription with 50 features they never click. They need sub-10ms desktop responsiveness, zero offline downtime, and the certainty that client contracts never touch a third-party server.

Automating 20+ Analyst Hours a Month
APR 12, 2024 • AUTOMATION • PYTHON

Automating Away 20+ Analyst Hours a Month with Python and Cron Pipelines

At Ubixe Infotech, preparing weekly customer records used to burn 6 hours of manual spreadsheet copying every Monday morning. By building automated Python scripts with validation checks and cron scheduling, we turned a 6-hour chore into a 15-minute background process that never forgets an edge case.

The Data Analyst Who Thinks Like a Builder
MAR 01, 2024 • CAREER • CRAFT

The Data Analyst Who Thinks Like a Builder

Knowing both analytical modeling (SQL, Python, Power BI) and web development (JavaScript, React, APIs) changes everything. Instead of stopping at "here is a PDF report of what's broken," you can write the browser extension or build the web portal that actually prevents the problem from happening again.