Category: Tutorials
You are in the right place if you want a lesson you can follow, not a glossary and not a product homepage. This shelf holds most of the articles on Analytics Made Simple. Two paths sit inside it on purpose. SQL is the database path: you have rows, and you need to ask a question without exporting another spreadsheet. AI is the tool path: chat products, open-weight models, and the jobs those tools are actually good at. Other tutorials land here when they teach a skill that does not belong on a narrower shelf.
A category page is the pile. A series page is the path, with a place to start and an order. If you open a tag or page 2 of this list, you are in a filing cabinet. The lesson is the article, or the series hub that lines the articles up.
Where to start: if the pain is a table, open the SQL series and use the first part on that page. If the pain is a model name or a chat tool, open the AI category and pick the product you already have on screen. If you are not sure which job you have, open Learn and choose the track that matches the work, not the logo.
DeepSeek for coding: useful, still run the tests
Use DeepSeek for coding drafts, then run the tenant-scoped pytest that would catch a missing filter. Paste a function, not the secrets file.
DeepSeek thinking mode without treating scratch as proof
Treat DeepSeek reasoning_content as a scratch pad. Instant vs Expert vs thinking toggles change style, not audit rights. Verify margins in the sheet before Slack.
DeepSeek chat app and plans without hype
Use official chat.deepseek.com (Instant and Expert) before you buy a random Plus extension. Chat can be free; the API is the metered wallet. Confirm the publisher on mobile…
When Claude or ChatGPT is simply easier
Choose Llama when local or open weights earn the ops cost. Choose a closed $20 seat when the job is writing and the GPU project has no owner.…
Fine-tunes and community variants without the zoo
Avoid the Llama variant zoo. Keep one default Instruct stack, match the model card to the file, and remember license and Acceptable Use still follow the weights.
