Arik Friedman @arikf.net · 30/04/2026Back in MeasureCamp Sydney I had the opportunity to reflect on lessons I picked up throughout my tenure as a data scientist at Atlassian. This led to a fun discussion at the APH on what it actually means to "get things right" in data analysis. 020
Reposted by Arik FriedmanEmily Riederer @emilyriederer.bsky.social · 27/01/2025I was tagged the other day by someone kindly sharing my Python Rgonomics post and realized that my thesis of "tooling keeps improving" held up too well and some of the recos have changed Hence, here's the 2025 update: www.emilyriederer.com/post/py-rgo-... Now feat uv (vs pyenv, pdm) and Positronemilyriederer.comPython Rgonomics - 2025 Update | Emily RiedererSwitching languages is about switching mindsets - not just syntax. New developments in python data science toolings, like polars and seaborn’s object interface, can capture the ‘feel’ that converts fr... 58417
Arik Friedman @arikf.net · 21/12/2024Interviewer: can you explain this gap in your resume? Data scientist: it's a confidence interval. 070
Reposted by Arik FriedmanVicki @vickiboykis.com · 13/12/2024KNN + topic detection getting a big glow-up www.anthropic.com/research/clioanthropic.comClio: Privacy-preserving insights into real-world AI useA blog post describing Anthropic’s new system, Clio, for analyzing how people use AI while maintaining their privacy 3519
Arik Friedman @arikf.net · 30/11/2024Spent hours yesterday to get a SQL cell in a databricks job use a variable that was set in a prior python cell. Amazing how something that seems so trivial can be so convoluted. Is that what "business impact" looks like? 010
Reposted by Arik FriedmanNicolay Gerold @nicolaygerold.com · 22/11/2024How did I just find this? wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Don%27t... #databswiki.postgresql.orgDon't Do This - PostgreSQL wiki 1326
Arik Friedman @arikf.net · 21/11/2024Great stuff, and an excuse to recommend the book Storytelling with Data by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic for anyone who wants to learn more on this. 000
Reposted by Arik FriedmanArik Friedman @arikf.net · 16/11/2024One of my favourite pieces on the role of the data analyst comes from @rdpeng.org , who in turn quotes Tukey's "The Future of Data Analysis" from 1962 (!) simplystatistics.org/posts/2019-0... #databssimplystatistics.orgSimply Statistics: Tukey, Design Thinking, and Better Questions 242
Reposted by Arik FriedmanTim but Spooky @timburga.com · 16/11/2024one of the many things to like about atproto is that everything is authenticated and public you don't have to trust bluesky, you can read from the relay yourself it's not an API... more like a spinal tap into the central feed and this is an amazing example of what you can do with that powerskyzoo.blueSky ZooStats on Bluesky, At Protocol, ... 0297
Arik Friedman @arikf.net · 16/11/2024One of my favourite pieces on the role of the data analyst comes from @rdpeng.org , who in turn quotes Tukey's "The Future of Data Analysis" from 1962 (!) simplystatistics.org/posts/2019-0... #databssimplystatistics.orgSimply Statistics: Tukey, Design Thinking, and Better Questions 242
Reposted by Arik FriedmanBluesky @bsky.app · 15/11/2024A number of artists and creators have made their home on Bluesky, and we hear their concerns with other platforms training on their data. We do not use any of your content to train generative AI, and have no intention of doing so. 95410231927056
Reposted by Arik FriedmanVicki @vickiboykis.com · 15/11/2024This is probably the one of the clearest explanations I’ve seen of zero-shot, etc arxiv.org/abs/2309.024... 411616
Arik Friedman @arikf.net · 09/11/2024I noticed my app habits changed over the last couple of weeks. I now head to bluesky for #dataBS, and head to X when I want to see temu ads. 2431
Reposted by Arik FriedmanTaylor Murphy @tayloramurphy.dad · 04/11/2024This is a fantastic read. But depressing, but fantastic. hellooperator.substack.com/p/what-it-me...hellooperator.substack.comWhat It Means to Be Data-DrivenStop hiding behind the numbers and start using them instead. 2257
Reposted by Arik FriedmanJeremiah Lowin @jlowin.dev · 01/11/2024Yeah, I think the immune response of "AI will replace us" was just so misguided. "AI will help us" is so much healthier. I write more code because of Cursor, not less. 191
Arik Friedman @arikf.net · 02/11/2024I forgot to hashtag my #dataBS. Apparently this site doesn't have an edit button. 030
Arik Friedman @arikf.net · 02/11/2024The talk about "automating analysts' work" reminded me of my past attempt to run an LLM through our Data Science Interview. medium.com/atlassiandat... A colleague of mine actually repeated that recently - it's clear that LLMs got better, but they still need a human in the loop to help them along.medium.comWill Generative AI make data scientists obsolete?Would ChatGPT and its Code Interpret plugin pass Atlassian’s Data Science interview? How can data scientists leverage generative AI? 100
Reposted by Arik FriedmanRandy Au @randyau.com · 29/10/2024Another Bluesky tip, there's a "Quiet posters" feed that tries to surface people who don't post very often and would otherwise get buried amongst highly online people bsky.app/profile/did:... 47621
Reposted by Arik FriedmanRandy Au @randyau.com · 28/10/2024I got your "Self Service Dashboard" right 'ere 210118
Reposted by Arik FriedmanNate Sooter ⛳️ @natesooter.bsky.social · 28/10/2024“We shall spend an incredible amount of money building a data warehouse and a data science team to generate business insights. Everyone will do this.” —Sir, I assume these data teams will be trusted and their data used for important decisions “No, decisions will be made primarily on vibes” 315531
Reposted by Arik FriedmanChristian Minich @christianminich.com · 25/10/2024I made a data people starter pack: go.bsky.app/8TdEfdK 4712145
Arik Friedman @arikf.net · 27/10/2024Hi, I'm Arik. I'm a data scientist at Atlassian, living in Sydney, Australia. I did some software engineering and product management in the past, but a PhD on Privacy Preserving Data Mining eventually led me to work with data. 250