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.
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…
Prompt patterns for data work
Build data prompts with role, spec, output shape, and refuse rules. Make grain, filters, and calendar explicit so the model cannot hide a wrong query behind fluent SQL.
Quality control and avoiding workslop
Catch workslop before you share: verify numbers, sources, and claims even when the deck looks polished. Use a quality loop by artifact type and a paste-ready review card.
