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Do You Really Need an AI Platform or Can Open Source Get You 90% There?
Do You Really Need an AI Platform or Can Open Source Get You 90% There? - When open models are enough
Joe Marlo
3 days ago5 min read


R Community Rejoice: Coding Assistants for R Users
R Community Rejoice: Coding Assistants for R Users - What Claude Code gets right (and wrong) as an R coding assistant

Lander Analytics Team
Feb 245 min read


Claude Code as an Agentic Workflow Library
Claude Code as an Agentic Workflow Library - From messy ideas to working agents in a single session
Joe Marlo
Feb 184 min read


DGX Spark Series (Part 2): Configuring the server with Ansible
DGX Spark Series (Part 2): Configuring the server with Ansible - When AI actually helps write infrastructure code

Jared Lander
Feb 123 min read


DGX Spark Series (Part 1): Setting up the DGX Spark
DGX Spark Series (Part 1): Setting up the DGX Spark - Serious AI compute, no data center required

Jared Lander
Feb 103 min read


An LLM predicts the winner of Super Bowl LX
How to get a real prediction from public data with better prompts Before the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots take the field on Sunday, a lot of fans are going to do the same thing: Open a large language model and type, “Who’s going to win the Super Bowl?” I get it. It’s fast. It’s fun. It also tends to produce information that’s basically the sports equivalent of a fortune cookie. I’m doing a little more work than that, using only publicly available information th

Mike Band
Feb 56 min read


Why We Don't Just Trust the Model
Why We Don't Just Trust the Model
The case for grounding, retrieval, and verification in enterprise AI
Joe Marlo
Feb 35 min read


Can Small and Medium-Sized Organizations Compete in AI?
Can Small and Medium-Sized Organizations Compete in AI?
How nimble teams create real value with the resources they already have

Jared Lander
Jan 275 min read


Welcome back to the Lander Analytics Blog
Welcome back to the Lander Analytics Blog - A place where data-driven exploration meets practical LLM solutions

Jared Lander
Jan 213 min read


Highlights from the Ninth Annual New York R Conference
Over four days in July, data scientists from around the world convened at the French Institute in New York City for the ninth annual New...

Lander Analytics Team
Aug 10, 20235 min read


The Best of the 2022 Government & Public Sector R Conference: Collaboration, Insights & Fun in D.C.
The fifth annual Government & Public Sector R Conference was back in Washington D.C. (& virtually online) on December 1st & 2nd,...

Lander Analytics Team
Jan 4, 20236 min read


The New York R Conference Returned to the Big Apple
For the first time in three years, the R community gathered together in person for the annual New York R Conference. It was so wonderful...

Lander Analytics Team
Aug 8, 20224 min read


Newest Member of the R Consortium
With so many industry-leading organizations as supporters, Lander Analytics is very proud to announce we are now members of the R...

Lander Analytics Team
Jan 11, 20221 min read


R Users from the Government & Public Sector Space Gather for Virtual Conference
The fourth annual Government & Public Sector R Conference brought together data scientists, statisticians, professors, and government...

Lander Analytics Team
Dec 22, 20215 min read


The seventh annual New York R Conference returns to the widescreen
Watch every talk from the 2021 New York R Conference: Lander Analytics YouTube channel Originating in 2015, the New York R Conference...

Lander Analytics Team
Oct 18, 20215 min read


Using Data to Identify Sleepers in the 2021 NFL Draft
Back in 2015, Lander Analytics worked with the Minnesota Vikings to build a predictive model that could increase their chances of...

Lander Analytics Team
Apr 30, 20211 min read


Inaugural Government & Public Sector R Conference Brings Together R Community!
A recap of R|Gov, the 2020 Government & Public Sector R Conference December 2-4, 2020.

Lander Analytics Team
Dec 23, 20205 min read


Why We Went From DCR to R|Gov
Written by Jared P. Lander, Lander Analytics Chief Data Scientist. Originally posted on Jared's Blog November 9, 2020. My team at Lander...

Lander Analytics Team
Nov 10, 20203 min read


Sixth Annual “New York” R Conference Brings Together R Community, Even Remotely!
A recap of the 2020 "New York" R Conference August 5-6 & 12-15, 2020.

Lander Analytics Team
Aug 24, 20205 min read


How to Deliver Maximum Value Using R & Python (cross-post from RStudio Blog)
For data science teams to be successful, they need to embrace both R and Python.

Lander Analytics Team
Aug 20, 20203 min read
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