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So I have been knee-deep in a project involving patient outcome prediction models, and let me just say—data can be so annoying and beautiful at the same time. Like, one day you’re feeling like a genius because your model is showing 90% accuracy. The next? You realize your sample was biased AF and now you’re questioning your whole approach.

Okay so I’m gonna be real this semester I got stuck (well, I chose, technically) doing this capstone project on data observability. Thought it’d be chill and interesting, and honestly, it kind of is. I love getting into the weeds with tools like dbt and setting up tests, tracking lineage, all that nerdy stuff. But now we’re at the part where we have to present the whole thing to a panel including a couple people who aren’t super technical and I’m freaking out a little.

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