How Gemini solved my Pandas problem in seconds, and why data science fundamentals still matter to spot suboptimal solutions The post I Spent an Hour on a Data Preprocessing Task Before Asking Gemini appeared first on Towards Data Science .
Faster dataframe engines are nice, but they don't reduce the amount of syntax an analyst has to hold in their head. The post The Problem with pandas Isn’t Performance.
Enterprise Document Intelligence [Vol. 1 #6bis] - Ask one focused clarification, learn the default from the answer, stay silent next time The post When RAG Users Ask Vague Questions: Clarify Once, Learn the Default appeared first on Towards Data Science .
A reflection on the first month of learning data engineering in public, and what actually kept me going. The post One Month Into Learning Data Engineering in Public: Here’s What I Didn’t Write About appeared first on Towards Data Science .
$8 million vs $5k + Potentially Going Viral The post When Data Science Makes Us Sad: The Story of an Overbooked Flight appeared first on Towards Data Science .
The true bottleneck was never the analysis. The post BI Is Dead, Long Live BI appeared first on Towards Data Science .
How AI has massively changed my day-to-day workflow The post A Day in the Life of a Data Scientist in 2026 appeared first on Towards Data Science .
The analytics career I signed up for five years ago doesn't exist anymore, and honestly, I am fine with that. The post How I’m Making Sure My Analytics Career Doesn’t Get Eaten by AI appeared first on Towards Data Science .
The best AI models still hallucinate. These hallucinations are sometimes funny, and sometimes cause actual damage.
Using mathematical optimization to solve a pickup-and-delivery problem with time windows. The post “Los Movimientos”: The Routing Problem That Nearly Broke My Spirit appeared first on Towards Data Science .
The tools I use for analytics and reporting have changed more than I expected, yet my questions for any analytics project haven't moved much. The post I Completed Five Years in Analytics Consulting: 5 Lessons That Changed How I Work appeared first on Towards Data Science .
Enterprise Document Intelligence [Vol. 1 #6ter] - Six positions on the question-parsing brick that contradict the mainstream RAG playbook The post The Untaught Lessons of RAG Question Parsing: Structure Before You Search appeared first on Towards Data Science .
I tried to make my ETL pipeline production-ready. Three things broke.