Taylor Brownlow - More Than Numbers

Making complex SQL simple

With exploding cells, your most complex SQL query or model just got a whole lot simpler. TL;DR: The status-quo Whether you're a data engineer trying to understand a complex data model, or an analyst trying to make sense of a heavily-nested SQL query, your approach probably involves the same

Product Updates

Introducing: Alerts

Get your data to the right people at the right time. When speaking to a Head of Data a few years ago, she used a phrase I've been in love with ever since: dashboard detritus. She was referring to the festering heap of unused and unloved dashboards, reports, and ad-hoc

Opinion

Data trends to watch in 2023

What can we expect to see in 2023?

The 2022 year in review

In February I (attempted) to predict the data trends of 2022 [https://blog.count.co/how-data-analytics-will-change-in-2022/]. Now that 2022 is rapidly coming to a close, it's time to see just how well those predictions fared. My Predictions Graded Going for a very American A-F grading scale in which A is

Heuristics: the power of folklore in decision-making

Long before I got into data, I had another love. One I've never been able to let go of. Like data, it satisfied my need to have things ordered and was focused on using that organization to uncover patterns and influence change. This was the field of Systems Engineering [https:

Where does Count fit in your stack?

When people describe Count, they typically do so in terms of familiar functionality: While those descriptions are helpful (and entertaining) they are less effective in articulating what you actually do with this feature mash-up, and how it works in combination with other tools in your data stack. Count and the

Opinion

The Last Mile of Analytics can make or break your startup

There is no shortage of challenges vying for the attention of our data teams. So how do you decide what to focus on? We created a 21-page guide to help you decide when it's time for you to focus on the Last Mile of Analytics.

Opinion

10 Hot 🔥 Data & Analytics Trends to Watch in 2022

All the cool kids are late to the party, right?

Opinion

How to make agile actually work for analytics

In all the debate about bringing agile to analytics, we may have just missed the point.

Opinion

What Will “Analyst 2.0” Look Like?

The newest generation of analysts is about to change the game.

Opinion

Why the last mile of analytics matters

The last mile of analytics can take our state-of-the-art data stack and actually make it useful. Find out how.

SQL Guides

Take your SQL from Good to Great: Part 5

What can UDFs do for you?

SQL Guides

Take your SQL from Good to Great: Part 4

Everyone's favorite SQL cheat code.

SQL Guides

Take your SQL from Good to Great: Part 3

Time to join the JOIN movement

SQL Guides

Take your SQL from Good to Great: Part 2

Not always there when you call, but always on time.

SQL Guides

Take your SQL from Good to Great: Part 1

WITH CTEs, you can go far.

Opinion

The Tableau Era is Over

What will the next era in data look like?

Opinion

How to Make Sure Your Analysis Actually Gets Used

How to keep the pirates at bay.

Getting Started

Your Organization's First Notebooks

How to introduce BI notebooks into your organization.

Opinion

Numbers Are No Longer Enough

To make better decisions, we need data tools that communicate more than just numbers.

Opinion

Numbers Are No Longer Enough

To make better decisions, we need data tools that communicate more than just numbers.

Opinion

The Analytical Workflow is Broken

A case for modern tools in a modern age.

Opinion

Dashboards are Dead

Dashboards have been the primary weapon of choice for distributing data over the last few decades, but they aren’t the end of the story. To increasingly democratize access to data we need to think again, and the answer may be closer than you think!