Under the Null

Surveys, Data, and Vibes

It's okay to ask people what they want and believe them

4 hrs ago • Zach Flynn

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I Want To Get Good

In which I try to get good at a new thing

May 9 • Zach Flynn

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April 2026

Reviewing ggsql, a grammar of graphics for SQL

Reviewing an SQL-ish ggplot from Posit!

Apr 27 • Zach Flynn

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New Things With Pseudo-True Estimators

Reading Club: Optimally-Transported GMM

Apr 17 • Zach Flynn

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The Death and Resurrection of the Two-Language Problem

A "Julia" for LLMs

Apr 14 • Zach Flynn

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Emergency Blog: Big Arch Review

The blog's first food review!

Apr 9 • Zach Flynn

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Rebranding Data Scientist

It involves Magic and Augury. Wait! Hear me out:

Apr 3 • Zach Flynn

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March 2026

A workhorse method for measuring censored relationships

Without making distributional assumptions!

Mar 6 • Zach Flynn

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February 2026

Statistics and Compute

The key question for whether LLM capability plateaus

Feb 23 • Zach Flynn

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A model for where I live

A forecasting model for Illinois' Unemployment Rate and local concerns

Feb 15 • Zach Flynn

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Price Testing

More information is better than less.

Feb 6 • Zach Flynn

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December 2025

“So? He seems like a nice fellow.”

Why AI art won’t work.

Dec 21, 2025 • Zach Flynn

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