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From Abacus to AI

Essays on data, analytics, and the working life of the analyst — written from inside Silicon Valley by a fifteen-year veteran.

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From Abacus to AI: Will AI replace data science — or finally let it grow up?

Fifteen years of hype and disappointment. What's actually different this time, and what to ignore. A running collection of essays from inside Silicon Valley.

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Written by Vaibhav Srivastava — a Silicon Valley analytics leader with fifteen years across Meta, Pinterest, and eBay. The goal here is plain: clear thinking about where analytics is actually going.