Data Patterns

Is Analytics Just a Growth Function?

Aren't we all just "growth hackers?"

Sep 27 • 

Ergest Xheblati

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August 2025

What I've learned designing data systems

Notes on data system design, IFTT data architectures and functional data engineering

Aug 31 • 

Ergest Xheblati

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Will AI Replace Data and Analytics Engineers?

What's happening to data and analytics engineering work?

Aug 16 • 

Ergest Xheblati

13

2

Designing Interactive Metric Trees

A case study with Sergey Korney of Brightly Software

Aug 2 • 

Ergest Xheblati

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1

July 2025

Lift and Shift Rarely Works

Rethink your data strategy instead

Jul 19 • 

Ergest Xheblati

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The Art of Business Analysis - Part 2

How to 10x the Performance of a Business

Jul 5 • 

Ergest Xheblati

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June 2025

The Art of Business Analysis - Part 1

Building your first metrics tree

Jun 21 • 

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May 2025

Going Back to the Lab

I have some exciting news!

May 21 • 

Ergest Xheblati

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Understanding Business Context

A simple framework that gets you up to speed quickly

May 3 • 

Ergest Xheblati

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April 2025

Why Do Companies Hire Data Professionals?

Musings on the value of data

Apr 20 • 

Ergest Xheblati

20

Rare and Valuable Data Skills

Avoiding the data service desk trap

Apr 5 • 

Ergest Xheblati

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March 2025

Bring Instant Clarity to Business Objectives

How to use metric trees as a communication tool

Mar 24 • 

Ergest Xheblati

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