Why is the language developers and DBAs use to organize data such a mess? Here are 13 reasons we wish we could quit SQL, even though we probably won't. For all its popularity and success, SQL is a ...

Since Github doesn't provide a great way for you to learn about new releases and features, don't just star the repo, join the mailing list. dsq will likely work on other platforms that Go is ported to ...

A (somewhat opinionated) list of SQL tips and tricks that I've picked up over the years. There's so much you can do with SQL but I've focused on what I find most useful in my day-to-day work as a data ...

See how to join two data sets by one or more common columns using base R’s merge function, dplyr join functions, and the speedy data.table package. R has a number of quick, elegant ways to join data ...

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As PPC account managers, we’ve always had to do a lot of reporting to keep our stakeholders informed. Now with the continued rise in automation, reporting has taken on new importance as one of the key ...

In my last two articles, I looked at the Django Web application framework, written in Python. Django's documentation describes it as an MTV framework, in which the acronym stands for model, template ...