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Announcing Python in the canvas
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Announcing Python in the canvas

Hello, Python 🐍

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Taylor Brownlow May 31, 2023 • 4 min read
Demystifying dbt models at scale
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Demystifying dbt models at scale

How the Data Engineering team at The Stable, part of Accenture Song, uses the Count canvas to bring transparency to their pipeline and deliver outputs 3x faster.

  • Taylor Brownlow
Taylor Brownlow May 26, 2023 • 5 min read
Count + dbt: Making your data models radically transparent
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Count + dbt: Making your data models radically transparent

Our new dbt integration makes it easier than ever to work with your data models.

  • Taylor Brownlow
Taylor Brownlow May 18, 2023 • 5 min read
The ultimate guide to dbt

The ultimate guide to dbt

Today we released the ultimate guide to dbt - a one-stop-shop for anyone hoping to learn what the dbt hype is about, pick up some curated tips from experts, or anything in between. You can see the guide here. The guide is best viewed on your desktop. If you're on

  • Taylor Brownlow
Taylor Brownlow May 17, 2023 • 3 min read
Why people don't trust your numbers and what you can do about it
Opinion

Why people don't trust your numbers and what you can do about it

"Those numbers aren't right." I’m not sure there is another phrase capable of eliciting as much rage, exasperation, and anxiety from a data person as this one.

  • Taylor Brownlow
Taylor Brownlow May 2, 2023 • 6 min read
Dashboards are dead: 3 years later

Dashboards are dead: 3 years later

On April 9, 2020, I published an essay called "Dashboards are Dead". I wrote it largely to vent my pent-up frustrations as a data analyst, and to take on the most popular data tool at the time: the dashboard. To my surprise, a lot of people read it. Over 60,

  • Taylor Brownlow
Taylor Brownlow Apr 11, 2023 • 6 min read
The ultimate guide to hiring your data team

The ultimate guide to hiring your data team

The one-stop shop for all your data hiring needs. Today we launched the ultimate guide to hiring your data team - a labor of love, research, and collaboration to bring together the best insights and wisdom around hiring a great data team.   See the guide here. What makes hiring difficult?

  • Taylor Brownlow
Taylor Brownlow Apr 7, 2023 • 3 min read
Making complex SQL simple
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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

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Taylor Brownlow Mar 20, 2023 • 3 min read
Introducing: Alerts
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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

  • Taylor Brownlow
Taylor Brownlow Mar 7, 2023 • 3 min read
Data trends to watch in 2023
Opinion

Data trends to watch in 2023

What can we expect to see in 2023?

  • Taylor Brownlow
Taylor Brownlow Dec 28, 2022 • 5 min read
The 2022 year in review

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

  • Taylor Brownlow
Taylor Brownlow Dec 7, 2022 • 3 min read
Heuristics: the power of folklore in decision-making

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:

  • Taylor Brownlow
Taylor Brownlow Nov 30, 2022 • 2 min read
Where does Count fit in your stack?

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

  • Taylor Brownlow
Taylor Brownlow Nov 23, 2022 • 4 min read
The Last Mile of Analytics can make or break your startup
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.

  • Taylor Brownlow
Taylor Brownlow Mar 15, 2022 • 5 min read
10 Hot 🔥 Data & Analytics Trends to Watch in 2022
Opinion

10 Hot 🔥 Data & Analytics Trends to Watch in 2022

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

  • Taylor Brownlow
Taylor Brownlow Feb 22, 2022 • 8 min read
How to make agile actually work for analytics
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.

  • Taylor Brownlow
Taylor Brownlow Dec 8, 2021 • 5 min read
What Will “Analyst 2.0” Look Like?
Opinion

What Will “Analyst 2.0” Look Like?

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

  • Taylor Brownlow
Taylor Brownlow Nov 19, 2021 • 5 min read
Why the last mile of analytics matters
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.

  • Taylor Brownlow
Taylor Brownlow Nov 8, 2021 • 5 min read
Take your SQL from Good to Great: Part 5
SQL Guides

Take your SQL from Good to Great: Part 5

What can UDFs do for you?

  • Taylor Brownlow
Taylor Brownlow Aug 6, 2021 • 6 min read
Take your SQL from Good to Great: Part 4
SQL Guides

Take your SQL from Good to Great: Part 4

Everyone's favorite SQL cheat code.

  • Taylor Brownlow
Taylor Brownlow Jun 28, 2021 • 5 min read
Take your SQL from Good to Great: Part 3
SQL Guides

Take your SQL from Good to Great: Part 3

Time to join the JOIN movement

  • Taylor Brownlow
Taylor Brownlow Jun 2, 2021 • 5 min read
Take your SQL from Good to Great: Part 2
SQL Guides

Take your SQL from Good to Great: Part 2

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

  • Taylor Brownlow
Taylor Brownlow May 19, 2021 • 4 min read
Take your SQL from Good to Great: Part 1
SQL Guides

Take your SQL from Good to Great: Part 1

WITH CTEs, you can go far.

  • Taylor Brownlow
Taylor Brownlow May 5, 2021 • 4 min read
The Tableau Era is Over
Opinion

The Tableau Era is Over

What will the next era in data look like?

  • Taylor Brownlow
Taylor Brownlow Apr 5, 2021 • 5 min read
How to Make Sure Your Analysis Actually Gets Used
Opinion

How to Make Sure Your Analysis Actually Gets Used

How to keep the pirates at bay.

  • Taylor Brownlow
Taylor Brownlow Mar 10, 2021 • 6 min read
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