A detailed benchmark compared Claude and ChatGPT's performance on data analysis tasks using live Zendesk support ticket data. Both models were tested identically across seven stages from discovery to self-audit, with results evaluated by a third Claude instance for factual accuracy against actual returned metrics.
Gitwal is a GitHub event archive that enables efficient analysis of repository activity by storing historical data on stars, merges, dependencies, and organizational contributions, eliminating the need for thousands of individual API requests.
An analysis of 88,975 Hacker News job posts from December 2012 through August 2026 reveals declining total postings (down 59% from 2021 peak), shifting work arrangements with hybrid roles emerging as a third category, and major programming language share shifts where Python and JavaScript maintained ground while Ruby, Java, and PHP collapsed. AI mentions surged from under 3% in 2016 to over 50% by 2026, while pay transparency increased from 14% to over a third of posts.
A detailed analysis of NYC airport rideshare data from 2019–2026 covering 122.8 million trips shows that rider fares rose 52.1% while driver payouts increased only 34.3%, with significant differences between airports and platforms. The project uses a marimo notebook to process TLC's publicly available trip records and reveals that pay differences alone don't explain market share shifts between Uber and Lyft.
A 2002 study by Ariely and Wertenbroch examined how deadline structures affect student procrastination and performance in an MIT course. Students in a self-selected deadline condition performed worse than those with evenly spaced deadlines, though students who voluntarily spread their deadlines improved significantly. The post analyzes the original data from this influential study to examine its findings and methodology.