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If you wound up here and are still interested in following my work, check out my new newsletter, Back Office Dispatch.
Back Office Dispatch is notes from the data trenches.
It’s what I learn while doing the work, day in and day out.
Sometimes that means:
A quick Excel or Google Sheets fix that unblocks a workflow
A Python script that takes the thinking and guesswork away
An automated mini-pipeline that doesn’t need a full system rewrite
Knowing when not to automate and get it done manually
This isn’t theory.
It’s what happens in the“between”.
It’s the challenges of highly technical data work.
Real learning doesn’t usually happen in courses or documentation. It happens:
While debugging a broken import
While figuring out why a path, delimiter, or data type is wrong
While deciding whether this problem deserves code or just a few focused minutes in a spreadsheet
Back Office Dispatch exists to share those moments.
When I learn something useful and put it to work, I share it here, so you can use it too.
Some dispatches are small:
One useful no-thinking-necessary formula
One small but mighty script
One decision that saved time or avoided a mess
One efficiency hack to get more done
Others go deeper:
Patterns I see repeating across projects
Tradeoffs between tools, languages, and software
How small systems evolve without becoming fragile (and what to do when they do)
If you work with data, automation(s), or internal systems (especially in the messy middle where things actually break), this is for you.
No hype.
No perfect systems.
Just practical wins and useful tips that keep the pipeline and data moving.
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