Court Street Data

I share musings on modern data tooling, data team culture, and DIY tech projects. If you'd like to get these updates directly to your inbox, subscribe here!

Is riding the subway safe?

Is riding the subway safe?

February 20, 2025

Comparing safety across different modes of transportation within New York City.

The plight of the data team

The plight of the data team

January 30, 2025

There exists a never-ending quest for knowledge in organizations, with data teams drowning in quick questions while chasing the elusive dream of self-service. Our current systems for distributing and accessing information aren't working - and what we might want to try instead.

So you want to work in data

So you want to work in data

January 16, 2025

Then stop thinking about data.

Deploy fast, deploy often

Deploy fast, deploy often

December 05, 2024

Making the case for incremental, compounding personal growth and its parallels to the product development lifecycle.

Long live williamdecesare.com

Long live williamdecesare.com

October 31, 2024

Navigating the intricacies of an AWS deployment for my personal website.

williamdecesare.com is dead

williamdecesare.com is dead

October 17, 2024

Making the case for a personal website and redeveloping my own from scratch.

BI Migrations: A step-by-step guide

BI Migrations: A step-by-step guide

September 18, 2024

Lessons learned from countless ups, downs, and in-betweens.

The 2024 U.S. Open (source analytics)

The 2024 U.S. Open (source analytics)

August 29, 2024

A quick and dirty way to fuel my obsession with tennis, for free.

Engineering an Olympic Medal Tracker and Message Bot with Claude 3.5 Sonnet