Hey, I'm Mike 👋
This is where IÂ write. Mostly (but not strictly) about data.
I'm gonna keep things short for now. More about me to come soon.
Until then, check out my writing below...
A Few Lessons From My Young Career
Why I chose Python
Automated File Backup Project
My first time using Python at work
My goals for 2025
Technical Tools You Need to Become a Data Analyst
This Site's About More Than Data
Tomorrow: My Least Favorite Word
I'm Writing About Data Again
Cool Things I Found 8/19 to 8/25
My July Running Challenge
Cool Things I Found 8/12 to 8/18
Cool Things I Found 8/5 to 8/11
Cool Things I Found 7/29 to 8/4
Cool Things I Found 7/22 to 7/28
How to Travel New Lands Without Standing Up
Can You Answer This Near Impossible Question?
How to Have More Interesting Ideas
I Gave a Stranger $200
First World Problems
Texting And Driving: America's New Pastime
Why I Write
The Data Soft Skill You Didn't Know Mattered
Move Out of The Way SQL
My "I Know Nothing" Mentality
How Flexible Are You?
What Being a Data Analyst Means To Me
The Biggest Lesson I Learned In 2023
How I Optimize SQL Queries
Why Speed Matters
How I Deal With Long SQL Scripts
My Favorite Quotes From Thinking Better
The Two Types of People in the Data World
My Mission To Improve My Critical Thinking Skills
All Data Analysts Need Creativity
Two Habits That Make Me a Better Data Analyst
An Important Lesson I Learned From Excel
My Crazy 6 Month Transformation
Why Math Makes Me a Better Data Analyst
The 7 Reasons Why I Became a Data Analyst
I Wanna Fight My Applebee's Waitress
How I Learn Quickly and Effectively - Part II
The Power of Reflection
A Dirty Data Lesson From the Anus
4 SQL Formatting Tips to Debug Your Code Faster
The 4 Ways Luck Helped Me Land a Data Analyst Job
5 Strategies I Use to Write Captivating Hooks
An Important Lesson From My First Month as a Data Analyst
Before Dorky Data I was a Physics Dork
I've got some big, big plans...
Run. do it.
7 Lessons From My First Week as a Data Analyst
The Last Day of this Challenge
I'm a Data Big Shot Now
Pygame Mini-Game
Using Pygame for the First Time
A New Adventure Awaits
Sorry, But I'm a LinkedIn Influencer Now
i can read
Don't Use LinkedIn For Learning
Why I'm Happy This Challenge Evolved
An Important Life Lesson on Failure
Damn, Just Give Me Some Space
Becoming a SQL Savant in One Week
GIve Me a Break -- Please
Your Data Projects Sucks Because of This
Running My Way to Success (Literally)
Don't Make This Mistake When Practicing Data Skills
Bash is Cooler Than Python -- I Said it
I'm the LeetCode Loser
Screw Data Projects -- I'm Done
I'm Done Being a Data Simp
To Be or Not To Be... A SQL God
Optimizing Some Python API Request Code
Look Ma! I'm on a Podcast
My Mission to Seduce the Beautiful World of Bash
Some Learning Advice From a Data Dork
The James Bond of Binary Trees
Starting an Adventure With a Cutie Named Vim
A Playdate With Some Python Stacks
How I Learn Quickly and Effectively
Using Python to Find a JSON File's Hierarchy
My Next Musical Mini-Project
Challenge: Tell Me How This Python Function Works
Using the Linux Crontab Command Like a Pro
4 Python Habits I Wish I Knew Earlier
Using JSON Format in MySQL
Using Python to Create a Dictionary
Algorithm Time Complexities
Using the Openpyxl Python Library
A Major Programming Milestone
A Python Web Scraper and Database Updater
My Most Important Blog Post Ever
Let's Talk About SQL
Iterative vs Recursive Functions
My First Time Using Google's Firebase
Every Project Has Its Challenges -- That I Hate
Exploring the Sympy Library
How to Use Strptime() and Strftime() From Python's Datetime Library
A Lil Chat About Life (it won't bore you... I think)
Inserting Data Into MySQL Using Python
Hello LinkedIn
Using Python to Create a Table in MySQL
Finishing My Spotify Python Project
Creating a Python Algorithm to Score My Taste in Music
My First Time Writing Code Documentation
Statistics Jargon
I'm a Math Genius, Dude
My Meeting with a Lambda Expression
Creating A Word Cloud in Python
My First Time With Web Scraping
3 Ways to Visualize Data Distribution
what do you Mean?
The Connection Between Programming and Writing
Using Python to Find Songs with Featured Artists
Using Python to Change CSV Headers
The Lazy (Yet Genius) Coder
Probability and Independence for Independence Day
Expected Value: An Old Friend Returns
66 Days of Math and Programming: An Adventure in the Making
Losing My Python Virginity (Again)
My Biggest Math Regret
Rebuilding the ConvertKit Dashboard
Does Tweet Length Matter?
Why I’ve built Dorky Dorky (even if you don't care)