Economics and Automation Workshop: Building a Data Pipeline for Economic Insights

​Creating Real-World Economic Insights Using Databases, Automation, and Cloud Deployment – Ivan Brigida

​Description:
In this hands-on workshop, participants will build a data pipeline for economic analysis with an AI-assisted development setup, utilizing the Cline (prev. ClaudeDev) plugin in VS Code and Anthropic's AI model. We'll cover essential skills like API data retrieval, database configuration, data workflows, and containerized deployment. With automated data collection and storage, participants will analyze real economic metrics such as interest rates, debt-to-GDP ratios, and stock trends. The focus will be on combining technical skills with AI-powered productivity to derive insights into current economic conditions.

​About the speaker:
Ivan Brigida, a Senior Business Analyst at Google, brings over a decade of expertise in data science, economic analysis, and business intelligence. Ivan is the creator of pythoninvest.com, where he publishes analytical articles on retail investing, and he developed the Stock Markets Analytics Zoomcamp, a course focused on creating algorithmic trading strategies for stock markets using machine learning.