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.
How to set up Python for data analysis without getting stuck
Set up Python for analytics without the folklore that scares people off. Create a virtual environment, install pandas with pip, and load a tiny CSV so your first…
How Claude’s chat app differs from Claude Code, Cowork, and the API
Part 1 of Claude product map. A plain-English tour of Claude chat versus Code, Cowork, Design, Science, and the API Console so you know which door to open…
ChatGPT privacy at work: what to check before you paste anything
Privacy, company policy, and the right tool matter more than clever prompts. Use this series-end guide for when not to use ChatGPT, a good-enough checklist, and what to…
Why Python for analytics (and when to stay in SQL or Sheets)
Python is optional for many analytics jobs, and that is a feature, not a failure. Learn when Sheets or SQL still win, when a notebook saves real hours,…
When not to use Claude: jobs where it is the wrong tool
Closes Learn Claude from scratch with judgment: four wrong-tool zones, a good-enough checklist, walk-away signals, and what comes next in the product map, Code, and Cowork series.
