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Tristan Handy in Fishtown Analytics

Jan 3, 2019

Does my Startup Data Team Need a Data Engineer?

The role of the data engineer in a startup data team…

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Tristan Handy in Fishtown Analytics

Oct 17, 2017

What, exactly, is dbt?

dbt (data build tool) is a command line tool that enables data analysts and engineers to transform data in their…

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jason ganz in Fishtown Analytics

Apr 8, 2018

One Analyst’s Guide for going from Good to Great

Once you’ve mastered the basics—SQL, Excel and your business intelligence tool—it can be really hard to figure out how to increase analytics skills. For many analysts this can lead to frustrating periods where you know you need to level up, but…

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Tristan Handy in Fishtown Analytics

Sep 18, 2016

Is Looker the Right Business Intelligence Tool for My Company?

Note: This post, originally published in 2016, was most recently updated in November 2017.

If you’re evaluating BI tools right now, Looker has to be at the top of your list. The company is…

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Tristan Handy in Fishtown Analytics

Jun 10, 2019

A Wave of Acquisitions in Business Intelligence

Holy crap! Within the past week we’ve seen the acquisitions of the two biggest players in the modern BI landscape, Looker (announcement) and Tableau (announcement). And if you broaden your view to the entire analytics tech stack, it’s bigger: here…

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Tristan Handy in Fishtown Analytics

Apr 7, 2016

Analyzing Your Stripe Data, Part 1: Measuring Subscription MRR

Used by 10,000+ companies to process massive transaction volumes, Stripe has become a core part of the payments infrastructure of the internet. And because of the importance of this transactional data, it should absolutely…

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Tristan Handy in Fishtown Analytics

Sep 18, 2016

What are the steps / tools in setting up a modern, SaaS-based BI infrastructure?

Note: This post, originally published in 2016, was most recently updated in December 2017.

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Tristan Handy in Fishtown Analytics

Jan 29, 2018

“How do you decide what to model in dbt vs LookML?”

I got this question on my last post. It is a good one, and one that I’ve gotten a bunch of times over the past year and a half. This post is my attempt to answer it.

Tristan Handy in Fishtown Analytics

Apr 5, 2016

Building a Mature Analytics Workflow

Over the past year, I and the folks at RJMetrics have had the opportunity to observe, and participate in, a significant evolution of the analytics ecosystem. The center of gravity in mature analytics organizations has shifted away from proprietary, end-to-end tools…

Tristan Handy in Fishtown Analytics

Sep 6, 2018

Scaling Knowledge

The hardest thing about scaling a company is communication.

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