I write mostly about data science, machine learning, engineering practice, conferences, and the occasional career transition or side project.

This page is a curated entry point. For the full chronological list, see the posts or archive.

Data science, ML, and engineering

• Notes on DuckCon 7 🦆
  A selective recap of DuckCon 7, with thoughts on DuckLake, moving smaller PySpark workloads to DuckDB, local-first analytical applications, and how far simpler data architectures can take us.

• Notes on the PyData Paris 2025 conference
  Notes and takeaways from PyData Paris 2025, with a focus on tools, workflows, and talks I found useful enough to bring back to work.

• ⚡️Trendbreak⚡️
  A 45-edition newsletter, running from 2021 to 2023.

Research, careers, and industry

• From Theory to Trade: Mastering the Corporate Code
  Reflections from a PhD-to-industry roundtable: what research training gives you, what industry expects instead, and why problem formulation, baselines, and clear communication matter.

Other writing

• The Fluke
  A long-running music newsletter / playlist project.