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Posts and long-form series on AI, startups, venture capital, and more.
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Rethinking Innovation Labs: Bridging Promises and Reality
Explore corporate innovation labs, their promises versus reality, common pitfalls like cultural isolation, and strategies for better integration.
On Discipline of Creation
Why creative practice matters in engineering and entrepreneurship. Explore active consumption and daily creation to build mental flexibility.
Data Engineering Podcast
Hear insights on the Data Engineering Podcast discussing predictive maintenance, industrial IoT data challenges, and essential data engineering best practices.
Category Encoders published in JOSS
Announcing the category_encoders Python package publication in JOSS. Discover the peer-review process and citation details.
The Problem with Industrial IoT
Industrial IoT promises much but faces challenges in adoption and implementation. Explore the hurdles of data quality, integration, security, and proving ROI.
Revisiting Python support in Apache Flink
Early 2018 look at Apache Flink's Python support. Checking compatibility, batch vs streaming capabilities, & future developments like Streaming API support.
Tendencies of Data Engineers and Scientists
Explore the relationship dynamics and challenges between data engineering and data science teams, including their approaches, collaboration, and best practices.
I Made a Model, Now What?
Practical insights from a PyData Atlanta talk on successfully deploying and maintaining machine learning models in production environments.
Year's End: Looking back on 2017
A year-end reflection on 2017's blog posts, open-source projects (git-pandas, category encoders, elote), and personal accomplishments. Looking ahead to 2018.
On taking things too seriously: holiday edition
Building a CFB bowl game prediction system with Python packages elote, keeks, & keeks-elote. Combines rating, betting strategies, and backtesting for analysis.