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Print on Demand: Platform Design and High-Volume Merchants

I find internal corporate research fascinating. It offers a rare perspective into the most inscrutable part of markets -- what happens inside a business. It also tends to be honest and self reflective in a refreshing way, compared to the world of fluff PR and smudged data. Most importantly, it

Imposter Syndrome and Systems (& Why It's Not "Just In Your Head")

Systemic patterns in work that lead towards imposter syndrome — complexity and continual learning — the certification of knowledge — different types of work — know-how versus know-tools — communication and networks.

Designing For Data-Intensive Applications

Some thoughts on designing for data-heavy applications.

Cleaning Data from an ELT Process

Some reference scripts for transforming, cleaning, and modifying PostgreSQL/Redshift data generated by an ETL feed.

Some Common Planning Fallacies

Four common planning fallacies. Some examples. The cognitive biases behind them.

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