AI Analyst Lab
Shane Butler, Hai GuanWe reveal the secrets to a thriving data career, providing insights, emerging trends, and an insider's view of how data and AI transform our profession
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The Weekly Query: Why is AI analytics harder than AI coding?
Issue 2 · Tuesday, October 27, 2026 · Shane Butler
Agentic Analytics is NOT Agentic Coding.
I mean…it is…but it’s also so much more.
AI Analyst Lab is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consid...
The Weekly Query: What should data teams actually learn about AI right now?
Issue 1 · Tuesday, October 20, 2026 · Shane Butler
Welcome to our first edition
Hello reader, and welcome to our first edition of The Weekly Query! We’re stoked to have you join us as we set aside some time each week to figure out WTF...
Start with One Workflow
When it comes to building useful agentic systems to automate work, a question we often get from students is, “where do I even start”.
I get it, it could feel overwhelming. We teach agentic analytics, and at AI Analyst Lab we open-sourced...
Ace Analytics Interviews with AI
Interviewing is a skill. I used to treat my first few interviews as warm-ups to hone that skill. Today, I don’t think we have that luxury. But there is a way to simulate them that really helps:
Entering the interview gauntlet is so differe...
When the Metric Becomes More Important Than the User
When I worked at Nextdoor, we reported 43 million weekly active users at the time. In truth, fewer than half ever opened the product that week.
That metric drove some of the worst decisions I experienced during my tenure at the company, de...
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