Author: Jose S
Handling a data incident
A wrong dashboard number is a data incident, not a spreadsheet oops. Learn the first 24 hours: contain, triage severity, run a check board, log facts, and communicate…
Prompt injection for data people
Prompt injection is not only a chatbot prank. For data teams it rides in tickets, docs, CSV cells, and tool outputs. Treat retrieved text as untrusted, constrain tools,…
When a Custom GPT is the wrong solution
Skip Custom GPTs for one-offs, live systems, secrets, and certified KPIs. Prefer Chat, Work, connectors, or Codex with review when those jobs show up.
North Star vs team scorecards
A North Star focuses the company; team scorecards run the work. Build a simple stack of crown metric, input metrics, and team cards so one slide cannot pretend…
Orchestration in one metaphor
Orchestration is kitchen management for data: schedules, dependencies, and retries. Learn the Airflow and dbt mental models so broken morning numbers point to a clear task, not a…
