Observations on infrastructure and strategy from scaling data-driven businesses.
Claude Code mentions on Hacker News hit 3,000+ in January 2026, dwarfing Cursor and Codex. AI coding assistants finally found product-market fit.
Which BI tools are the most popular? Looker and Tableau lead, but Hex, Sigma, and Omni are ones to watch.
King Cake searches in New Orleans spiked 55% in 2026 as a shortened Mardi Gras season compressed the traditional eating window.
Analysis of 1,241 job postings shows frontier AI labs offer above $300K median base salaries, with OpenAI and Anthropic in tight competition at the top.
59% of companies mentioning ClickHouse in job descriptions are B2B SaaS. Its focus on embedded analytics shows in its industry distribution.
31% of tech companies are actively hiring for data roles. Data Scientist leads, followed by Data Engineer and ML Engineer.
Model builders and vibe coding platforms have 34% fewer 'product manager' titles as a share of open roles.
Exploring why the analytics industry hasn't produced a Stripe-sized company despite massive market opportunity, and how OpenAI's $1.1B Statsig acquisition could change that.
