It’s easy to be overwhelmed by the novelty and demands of your first software role, whether that’s an internship or a full-time position.
This is a guide to the tools, skills, and rituals you’ll encounter in a real software shop. … Keep reading
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Adding interactive Plotly graphs to WordPress
For a recent post I wanted to embed interactive graphs in WordPress, which I’ve never tried.
I’m a massive Plotly fan, and since the release of their Express API I’ve not used any other plotting library.
However, getting Plotly graphs … Keep reading
Dodging pitfalls when transitioning from academia to industry
In 2016 I finished a PhD in neuroscience and made the move to tech. Since then, I’ve worked as a data scientist and product manager in several companies. I’ve also spent a lot of time screening and interviewing candidates for … Keep reading
Organizing applied machine learning research
Over the past three years, I’ve spent >50% of my time thinking about what the applied research teams I’ve been part of should be building, and how. This post is about some of the challenges we’ve faced organizing applied machine … Keep reading
Lockdown projects: Corona Calculator, Glass of Wine, and Weather Window
With the touring skis gathering dust and the camping gear slumbering in dry bags, I’ve been using the obligatory indoors time to work on some side projects with friends. Here’s a run down, with some notes on what I’ve learned … Keep reading
Building a Burns bot #2: Making a Slackbot
Originally published on the ASI blog.
In the previous post we discussed using Markov chain models to generate pseudo-poetry. But data science is not just about writing algorithms which give you a warm feeling and make your grandma swallow her dentures … Keep reading