08 / Perspectives & Essays
Opinions on Systems, Data & Software.
Essays on the intersection of data analysis, operational decision engines, and pragmatic toolmaking. Reflecting on real production lessons beyond sanitized case studies.
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The Epidemiological Paradox: Why Cancer Deaths Are Surging While Risk Is Falling
Deconstructing 30 years of global health metrics (1990–2019): How demographic aging masks clinical progress and why raw counts distort public health policy.
Global Health Intelligence#Epidemiology #Healthcare Analytics #Public Health
6 min read2026-08-18
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Why Most Dashboards Fail to Drive Decisions
The industry creates metric visualizers when operations need decision engines.
Data Philosophy#Data Strategy #Decision Architecture #Analytics
5 min read2026-08-17
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The Vanity Metric Trap in E-Commerce & Growth Analytics
Gross Merchandise Value hides unit economic decay while repeat retention reveals actual business durability.
E-Commerce & Fintech#E-Commerce #Unit Economics #Customer Retention
6 min read2026-08-16
04
Pragmatic Engineering: Why Simple Tools Beat Bloated Stacks
In praise of deterministic Python scripts, reproducible flat files, and tools you can inspect.
Builder Pragmatism#Software Architecture #Automation #Python
4 min read2026-08-15
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