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Zach Williams is currently Director of Data Science for the Portland Trail Blazers.

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2026 2

  1. Stroke of luck
  2. Almonds

2025 2

  1. “Come in”
  2. Hobbit software

2024 2

  1. Earth's sounds
  2. Cheap Turpentine

2023 9

  1. Then he doesn't need to be out here
  2. Subreddit
  3. Handshake and an introduction
  4. How lucky I am
  5. Ideal note-taking app
  6. Analogies
  7. Drafting for need
  8. Area Code
  9. Gmail origin story

2022 11

  1. Iterations matter more
  2. Complex systems that work
  3. Mythical Big Data
  4. Top 5 Apps
  5. Rivers
  6. Solution Mode
  7. The oldest known building
  8. From the one fan to club president
  9. There are many lunatics on Twitter
  10. Fractions
  11. Chicken of Tomorrow

2021 5

  1. The Rule of 3 and 10
  2. Cosmic Latte
  3. Zillow
  4. Norm
  5. Griefbacon

2020 20

  1. Student Height
  2. On Adulthood
  3. LinkedIn is bizarre
  4. Yes-Code Software
  5. Royalties, Movie Rights, and Sequels
  6. Paradise
  7. Averaging
  8. Intuition
  9. Dr J on Broadcasting
  10. Newton's Flaming Laser Sword
  11. Authoritative Parroting
  12. The Impossible, Improbable Lottery
  13. Math Genius
  14. Blogs Are Great
  15. The Tragedy of Life
  16. Making Things Simpler
  17. Big Four
  18. Most People Fail
  19. State of the Art
  20. Settings Are For

2019 11

  1. Competes With
  2. Tetris
  3. Washing Machines
  4. Rejecting the Null Hypothesis
  5. Thanks, Dropbox
  6. Things To Be Fascinated About Lottery
  7. iMovie 1.0
  8. Not Stability
  9. Five More Minutes
  10. Spreadsheets
  11. The Right Answer for a MVP

2018 4

  1. Brilliant Idea
  2. Mike Schur on Comedy
  3. The Gym Analogy
  4. Happily Ever After

2017 7

  1. Frauds
  2. Apprenticeship
  3. Campfire Cooking
  4. Your App
  5. Floss
  6. Consistently Good
  7. Checklist Manifesto

2016 6

  1. Logarithmic Time Scale
  2. Theory-Poor
  3. Definitive Statements
  4. Sigmoidal
  5. An Academic Reactor
  6. Paraoxanase

2015 1

  1. The Correct Way of Playing