Blog Ideas

Content ideas for a data scientist turned builder.

Build Logs

• “How I built askdata.app” series – architecture decisions, what LLM patterns worked, what failed
• Real production LLM experience posts perform extremely well because there’s high demand and low supply

DS-to-Engineering Lessons

• What surprised you moving from analysis to product?
• What skills transferred, what didn’t?
• The gap between notebook and production

Practical LLM Patterns

• Prompt engineering that actually worked in production
• Evaluation strategies (human review, LLM-as-judge, custom metrics)
• Cost/latency tradeoffs with real numbers
• RAG vs fine-tuning for real use cases

“I Tried X So You Don’t Have To”

• Compare tools, frameworks, or approaches you’ve actually used
• Different embedding models, vector DBs, orchestration frameworks
• Honest takes with concrete results

Data Strategy for Non-Data People

• How to help an org find their North Star metric (like the BUILD project)
• When to invest in data infrastructure vs just use a spreadsheet
• Evergreen content that builds consulting credibility

Weekend Project Walkthroughs

• Apply ML/LLMs to something fun and small
• Like the foosball post but current
• Great for demonstrating skills while being shareable