Archive - The Cynical Data Guy

CDG #12 The Analytics Stack Is Drowning in Ducks

A real-time exploration of Duck Lake, half-built catalogs, and why the future sounds like a duck.

Jun 20 •

Matt Kelliher-Gibson

CDG #11: Startup Whiplash, Consulting Rants, and a Cynical Return

I have been a little quiet the past month.

Jun 4 •

Matt Kelliher-Gibson

April 2025

Execution Is Easy. Leading People Is Hard.

Your roadmap is solid. Your team is burning out. These two facts are connected.

Apr 8 •

Matt Kelliher-Gibson

The Leadership Framework No One Taught You

A practical fix for the mess most leadership advice leaves behind.

Apr 1 •

Matt Kelliher-Gibson

March 2025

AI Won’t Kill the UI (Or Your Data Team) — Cynical Data Guy #10

We talk AI agents, status bars, OpenAI wrappers, the myth of AGI, and what happens when people can code without understanding a single thing.

Mar 26 •

Matt Kelliher-Gibson

Cynical Data Guy Roams Free: Ranting on Joe Reis’s Podcast

Kind of Cynical Data Guy #3

Mar 17 •

Matt Kelliher-Gibson

February 2025

Cynical Data Guy #9

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Feb 26 •

Matt Kelliher-Gibson

The Data Team That Got Everything…And Lost It

Time to put away childish things

Feb 24 •

Matt Kelliher-Gibson

January 2025

Cynical Data Guy #8

Stone Cold Truth

Jan 22 •

Matt Kelliher-Gibson

Kind of Cynical Data Guy #2

Bringing that backup Fitzmagic to The Data Stack Show

Jan 15 •

Matt Kelliher-Gibson

Cynical Data Guy #7

Jan 8 •

Matt Kelliher-Gibson

Kind of Cynical Data Guy #1

Called up to the Big Leagues with Joe Reis

Jan 2 •

Matt Kelliher-Gibson

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