Journal
Notes on reading numbers well
Method, product notes and research from the Abscis team. Short, practical, with the query attached.
Method
Why a 4-week average beats last week
Week-on-week swings are mostly noise. A rolling average shows the trend you can actually act on.
Product
Every chart should say where its number came from
A number without a source is an opinion. Here’s how Abscis shows the query behind every bar.
Method
How we flag an anomaly without crying wolf
Most alerts get muted within a week. Ours are tuned to fire less often, and to explain themselves when they do.
Research
Teaching a model to say “I’m not sure”
Confident wrong answers are the real risk with AI analysis. We built Abscis to show its doubt.