About

I’m Thinh, a data analyst who has spent years doing what I can only describe as forensic work: tracing where numbers come from, why two dashboards disagree, and which person in which team actually knows what a field means. That experience is what this blog is about.

Blueprint & Anvil is where I build in public. I write about data, analytics craft, and what I’m learning as I try to turn a problem I’ve lived firsthand into something useful for other people. Some posts will be about the work itself — the messy, human side of making data legible inside organizations. Some will be about building a product from scratch as a non-technical-turned-technical practitioner. Some will just be things I needed to think through in writing.

If you work in data and you’ve ever felt like half your job is archaeology, you’re probably who I’m writing for.

I’m currently based in Greater Philadelphia, working full-time while building on the side. If something I write resonates — or if you want to talk about the organizational knowledge problem in your data team — you can find me on LinkedIn.

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The experiences I write about are drawn from my career across multiple roles and companies, but presented in composite form — real patterns and situations, not specific days or conversations. Names, technologies, and organizational details are generalized. I don’t disclose proprietary information from any current or former employer. Views expressed here are my own.