Archive - The Data Letter

I Built an AI Agent That Sends Me My Numbers Every Monday Morning.

A step-by-step n8n tutorial: An AI agent that reads your live metrics data and automatically reports it every Monday morning.

Jun 4 • Hodman Murad

Platform Wars Come for AI Agents

Microsoft and Google are in a race to build the most reliable agents.

Jun 1 • Hodman Murad

May 2026

A step-by-step build using n8n, Ollama, and Docker, no API keys required.

May 28 • Hodman Murad

Build Your Own AI Agent Before Google Ships You Theirs

May 25 • Hodman Murad

Build a RAG System with NotebookLM in Under an Hour

A hands-on RAG tutorial in NotebookLM. Learn the AI engineering teams build.

May 21 • Hodman Murad

RAG in Enterprise AI: Why Most Companies Get It Wrong and How to Build It Right

Watch now | RAG, the four areas you manage, and the build piece dropping in the morning.

May 20 • Hodman Murad

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NVIDIA and AI Inference Economics in 2026

Inside the economics of AI inference, who absorbs the cost, and why workers feel the squeeze regardless. 4 min read.

May 18 • Hodman Murad

Build Your First AI Data Pipeline in Python: From Raw CSV to Predictions

A step-by-step scikit-learn tutorial that turns vehicle data into CO2 predictions, and teaches you to read your model’s results honestly

May 16 • Hodman Murad

5 data science trends I’m watching

May 11 • Hodman Murad

Databricks vs Snowflake vs Fabric

Three Data Platforms That Survive DACH Banking Compliance

May 5 • Hodman Murad

April 2026

IT Keeps Blocking Database Access. Here’s the Strategy That Gets It Approved.

Stop Getting Locked Out of Your Data. Here’s How to Get Approved.

Apr 12 • Hodman Murad

5 BigQuery Features That Changed How I Write SQL

Modern BigQuery SQL Features for Senior Engineers

Apr 5 • Hodman Murad

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