---
title: "Writing from the workbench"
description: "Notes on statistical modelling, research software, public data questions, and project-adjacent thinking."
page-layout: full
listing:
id: post-listing
contents: posts/*/index.qmd
sort: "date desc"
type: default
categories: false
feed: true
---
```{=html}
<section class="hero section-band" aria-labelledby="intro-title">
<div class="hero-copy">
<p class="eyebrow">Blog / notes / data questions</p>
<h1 id="intro-title">Writing from the workbench.</h1>
<p class="intro">
Notes that are too developed to stay in a scratch file and too alive to pretend
they are finished. Expect statistical modelling, public data analysis, research
software, workflow, and the occasional public attempt to think clearly.
</p>
<div class="hero-actions" aria-label="Primary links">
<a class="button primary" href="#posts">Browse posts</a>
<a class="button" href="https://aydins-workbench.com">Main site</a>
<a class="button" href="https://github.com/ahibbert">GitHub</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="workbench-visual" aria-label="Blog workbench map">
<div class="notebook-sheet">
<span class="sheet-rule"></span>
<span class="sheet-rule"></span>
<span class="sheet-rule short"></span>
<span class="sheet-rule"></span>
</div>
<a class="pin pin-one" href="#threads">models</a>
<a class="pin pin-two" href="#threads">software</a>
<a class="pin pin-three" href="#posts">data</a>
<a class="pin pin-four" href="#posts">drafts</a>
<div class="map-caption">
<strong>Notebook map</strong>
<span>Working notes, small essays, and project-adjacent thinking.</span>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<section class="section updates-band" id="posts" aria-labelledby="posts-title">
<div class="section-heading">
<p class="eyebrow">Latest</p>
<h2 id="posts-title">Posts</h2>
<p>
The Australian Data Review notes now live here alongside the broader workbench
blog. Most data posts should be read as public drafts unless they explicitly say
otherwise.
</p>
</div>
</section>
```
:::{#post-listing}
:::
```{=html}
<section class="section" id="threads" aria-labelledby="threads-title">
<div class="section-heading">
<p class="eyebrow">Themes</p>
<h2 id="threads-title">Recurring threads</h2>
<p>
A rough index for the kinds of writing that will sit here as the project grows.
</p>
</div>
<div class="card-grid">
<article class="project-card">
<div class="card-top">
<span class="type-chip">Statistical modelling</span>
<span class="status-chip in-progress">drafting</span>
</div>
<h3>Distributional regression</h3>
<p>
Notes on GAMLSS, longitudinal outcomes, dependence structures, and ways to make
model behaviour easier to inspect.
</p>
</article>
<article class="project-card">
<div class="card-top">
<span class="type-chip">Research software</span>
<span class="status-chip in-progress">drafting</span>
</div>
<h3>Building tools in public</h3>
<p>
Reflections on small tools, reproducibility, APIs, packages, validation, and how
to make technical systems easier to trust.
</p>
</article>
<article class="project-card">
<div class="card-top">
<span class="type-chip">Data questions</span>
<span class="status-chip in-progress">drafting</span>
</div>
<h3>Applied data notes</h3>
<p>
Short writeups around Australian data, public datasets, limitations, and the
practical work of turning a question into an analysis.
</p>
</article>
</div>
</section>
```
