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Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
Excel, SQL, Power BI, Tableau — turn raw data into business decisions
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Data Literacy
beginner
Write SELECT queries with JOIN and GROUP BY
Excel & Spreadsheets
beginner
Build a dynamic dashboard with pivot tables and slicers
SQL Analytics
intermediate
Write window functions (ROW_NUMBER, LAG, LEAD)
BI Tools
intermediate
Build an interactive dashboard from a SQL source
Python for Data
intermediate
Clean and transform a messy dataset with pandas
Data Storytelling
intermediate
Build a stakeholder dashboard with a narrative structure
ML for Analytics
advanced
Build a churn prediction model

Dev.to · Vivek Kumar
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
Customer-Facing Analytics: What Your SaaS App Is Missing (And How to Add It)
Most SaaS apps collect tons of data but give customers almost nothing back. Here's what customer-facing analytics looks like in practice, and how to build it ri

Dev.to · kevincarroll
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
How to Convert PDF and Excel Invoices to CSV for Faster Data Processing
Manually converting invoice data from PDF or Excel files into CSV format is one of the most...

Dev.to · Lucas
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
I scored 8,000 Seoul cafes for laptop-workability from review keywords
How I turned messy Naver review keywords into a "workability score" for 8,000+ Seoul cafes, aggregated it by district, and published the whole thing as a free d

Dev.to · Jenpo Zhan
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
A Historical FX Reference Report for CSV, API, and Spreadsheet Workflows
FXpeek's annual reference report for dated exchange-rate lookup, CSV exports, widgets, and lightweight JSON API workflows.

Dev.to · beefed.ai
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
Dashboards and KPIs for Mechanical Completion Reporting
Design effective completions dashboards: choose KPIs, model data for Power BI/Tableau, visualize progress, and automate distribution to stakeholders.

Dev.to · Amailuk Joseph
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
Can You Be a Data Scientist Without Statistics? Yes. Should You?
Can Data Science Do Without Statistics? 1. Introduction: The Debate Nobody Wants...
Dev.to · Xinglin Ming
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
Data Cleaning Automation: The Complete Python Guide
Automate your data cleaning pipeline with Python. Handle duplicates, missing values, dates, and outliers.

Dev.to · Peter Fabricius
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
Writing Iceberg tables with Apache Hop and DuckDB
Introduction With my Iceduck project, I’ve been diving deep into Data Lakehouse...

Dev.to · Suzy Chase
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
I Used AI as a Personal Data Analyst. It Changed Everything.
The Problem After losing 50 pounds on a GLP-1, I thought the hard part was over. It wasn't. The...

Dev.to · Kanishga Subramani
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
Day 26 of 100 Days of ClickHouse: Understanding Distributed Tables
As your data grows, a single ClickHouse server may eventually reach its limits. Whether it's storage,...

Dev.to · Analyst Kinywa
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
I Analyzed 100,000+ Rows Using Only Excel and It Completely Changed How I Think About Data
“Real data analysis starts with Python or SQL.” That’s what I believed too until I spent weeks...

Dev.to · Olamide Olaniyan
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
I Built a Match-Day Social Listening Dashboard for the World Cup in a Weekend
I wanted a single screen that told me what the internet was feeling during a World Cup match — which...

Dev.to · NelimaL
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
Why Statistics is the Secret Weapon Behind Data Science- Healthcare analytics
"Without statistics, data is just a collection of numbers. With statistics, data becomes...

Dev.to · FLOW by Vestelon
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
I analyzed 500+ bank statements. Here's what I found.
I Analyzed 500+ Bank Statements. Here's What I Found. Over the past few months, while...

Dev.to · Open Craft
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
Building Production Data Pipelines for Enterprise AI: What Actually Has to Work
Most enterprise AI projects don't fail because the model is wrong. They fail because the data feeding the model is unreliable, stale, or structurally

Dev.to · Vivek Kumar
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
How to Embed a SQL Dashboard into Your SaaS App (Without Building Everything from Scratch)
A practical guide to adding embedded SQL dashboards to your SaaS product — covering architecture, authentication, multi-tenancy, and when to build vs. buy.
Simon Willison's Blog
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
Datasette Apps: Host custom HTML applications inside Datasette
Today we launched a new plugin for Datasette, datasette-apps , with this launch announcement post on the Datasette project blog. That post has the what , but I'

Dev.to · manja316
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
How much edge is left in the final 48h of a Polymarket? I measured price convergence on 18.6M snapshots
A question I kept circling when I started treating prediction markets as a trading venue: by the time...

Dev.to · Lautaro Celli
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
Small Changes, Big Impact: Lessons from Optimizing a Data Platform
Intro Last year, I joined a team responsible for a mature data platform with several tools...

Dev.to · Datta Sable
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
Free Microsoft Certifications for Data Professionals (Limited-Time Opportunity via Fabric Data Days 2026)
Microsoft has introduced a limited-time opportunity for Data Professionals, Analysts, BI Developers,...

Dev.to · EricMWaimiri
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
Why Data People Are Moving Beyond Excel
You've probably used Microsoft Excel at some point — maybe to track a budget, keep a list, or add up...

Dev.to · NexGenData
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
Redfin vs Zillow Data: Which is Better for Real Estate Market Research?
Compare Redfin and Zillow data sources for real estate analysis. Learn field differences, accuracy, and best use cases for each platform.

Dev.to · Edge Lab
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
I analyzed 1,085 soccer matches to understand late-game scoring patterns
The Question What happens to soccer scorelines after the 87th minute? I wanted real data,...

Dev.to · Arvind Jolly
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
How We Modeled Conflicting Historical Knowledge Without Breaking Our Database
How building an AI-powered geomancy platform forced us to rethink data modeling Most...

Dev.to · Taocarts
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
Cross-Border Statistical Report Excel Batch Export Feature Development: Multi-Currency, Multi-Business Data Formatting Export Solution
When financial and operations personnel use the backend of cross-border purchasing agents or...

Dev.to · Vivek Kumar
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
Embedding Live Charts in Your App Without a Full BI Tool
You don't need Tableau or a $50k BI platform to show your users live charts. Here's how to wire SQL queries directly to charts in your app, fast.

Dev.to · Atlas Scada
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
The dashboard said everything was fine — a field lesson in honest data
Every dashboard you build makes an implicit promise: the number on the screen is true right now....

Dev.to · Akhila Chanubala
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
Building a Public Clinical Trial Data Quality Observatory with Python
Public clinical trial data is valuable, but it is not always analytics-ready. An API response can be...

Dev.to · DataDriven
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
The 12 Data Modeling Interview Questions that Matter
I've watched candidates with 8 years of experience go blank when asked to define the grain of a fact...

Dev.to · Paulet Wairagu
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
QN : Introduction to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2
data lake : repository of data stored in natural format as blobs or files. Azure Data Lake Storage...

Dev.to · Kanishga Subramani
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
Day 21 : Time-Series Data in ClickHouse®
Time-series data is one of the most common types of data generated by modern applications. Every log...

Dev.to · Vivek Kumar
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
SQL Queries Every SaaS Founder Should Know
Six essential SQL queries that give SaaS founders direct visibility into signups, active users, conversion, churn, MRR, and retention — no BI tool required.

Dev.to · Kanishga Subramani
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
Day 20 of 100 Days of ClickHouse® - Introduction to Materialized Views
One of the most common performance bottlenecks in analytics is running the same expensive...

Dev.to · Ibrahim0695
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
# Why Breaking Things Apart Eventually Brings Them Together: Modulazition in ETL
What does this big word really mean? The first week of data engineering at luxdev was...
Simon Willison's Blog
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
datasette 1.0a34
Release: datasette 1.0a34 Quoting the release notes: The big feature in this alpha is tools to insert, edit and delete rows within the Datasette interface. Thes

Dev.to · PHILIP KAPLONG
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
My Journey Learning Excel for Data Analysis
When I first opened Excel, I saw rows and columns.......nothing more.Over the past two weeks ,I have...

Dev.to · InterSystems Developer
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
Discovering PII Inside InterSystems IRIS
Data privacy regulations such as GDPR, LGPD, and HIPAA demand that organizations know exactly where...
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Dev.to · Flora Brandão
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
[Tutorial] Building an AI-Powered BI Tool on Upsun 🤖
Querying ecommerce data often requires writing manual SQL queries or building complex dashboards....

Dev.to · Ansuman Jaiswal
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
I cleaned India's Census 2011 data so you never have to
Every Indian data scientist hits the same wall. You need district-level population data. You go to...

Dev.to · manja316
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
When Polymarket says 70%, does it happen 70% of the time? I checked against 19.4M price snapshots.
If you trade, model, or just read prediction markets, there's one question that decides whether the...

Dev.to · DataDriven
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
Top 12 Spark Interview Problems for Data Engineers, With Answers
12 real Spark interview problems on shuffle, skew, caching, AQE, window functions, and OOM debugging, with detailed answers.

Dev.to · Tawanda Nyahuye
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
A Love Letter to Survivorship Bias in Tech
How many times have you seen a picture of a plane with red dots posted on the internet without...

Dev.to · Scale
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
How dbt-Style Snapshots Mimic Slowly Changing Dimensions in Data Warehousing
In modern analytics engineering, tracking data changes over time is essential. Tools like dbt (data...

Dev.to · Niraj Kumar
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
Schema-Aware Gates: Validate, Don't Coerce
TLDR: Schema-aware gates should validate and fail closed. Defaulting missing fields to zero turns a...

Dev.to · Vinicius Fagundes
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
SQL or Python? The line is sharper than you think (with code)
Most engineers reach for Python first. Wrong instinct. I've spent 17 years inside other people's...

Dev.to · Fitness Tools
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
How We Built an Adult Height Predictor: The Math, the Science, and the Edge Cases
Ever wonder how those "how tall will my child be?" calculators actually work? They're not magic — but...

Dev.to · Visakh Vijayan
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
The Future of Data Security: Unveiling the Power of Database Backup & Restore
In the ever-evolving landscape of data management, ensuring the security and integrity of information...

Dev.to · Vivek Kumar
📊 Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
Real-Time Metrics Dashboards with SQL: Patterns That Actually Scale
A practical guide to building real-time metrics dashboards on top of a relational database — pre-aggregation, materialized views, LISTEN/NOTIFY, and the gotchas
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