Feb 16, 2021Member-onlyDealing with Pandemic BurnoutMost of us have gone through this or are going through it now, and if you haven’t hit the wall yet, count yourself lucky. Pandemic Burnout like typical work stress-related burnout can feel overwhelming and like you can’t deal with “all this”. It is normal for sustained stressful situations like…Mental Health4 min readMental Health4 min read
Published inTowards Data Science·Mar 19, 2020Member-onlyStop, Collaborate and Listen: Working from home with Microsoft TeamsWorking from home is going to be new for a lot of people. I’m writing this in March 2020, where working from home is the new normal. So we’ll cover some general working remotely tips, and then go on to go through some quick power tips and then a walkthrough…Remote Working11 min readRemote Working11 min read
Published inTowards Data Science·Mar 16, 2020Member-onlyWindows, and Docker, and Kubernetes oh my! (2020)What we’re going to cover In this tutorial, we’re going to cover installing Docker on Windows, enabling Kubernetes, installing helm and testing it all by running a machine learning notebook server. And then we’ll cover a few extras like docker-compose and Visual Studio Code Extensions. Getting Started Firstly the example environment I’m setting this up in has…Docker7 min readDocker7 min read
Aug 8, 2019Member-onlyHow cheap can cloud object storage be?There are a lot of providers offering cloud storage for businesses, they all use a REST API for access data objects. Some of them provide cheaper tiered storage for longer-term slower access storage or more redundant multi-region storage, but for a fair comparison, we will only consider their standard single…Cloud Computing3 min readCloud Computing3 min read
Published inTowards Data Science·Aug 7, 2019Member-onlyHow cheap can cloud compute be?If you look at the normal pay as you go pricing for many cloud providers you’ll find a pretty varied set of pricing. The big three Amazon, Azure and Google are all pretty similar with quite a large variation both higher and lower from the other smaller cloud providers. To…Cloud Computing4 min readCloud Computing4 min read
Published inThe Startup·Jul 30, 2019Member-onlyWriting on the train, plane, and beach barIf you’re like me, the few times you can get a serious amount of uninterrupted writing done is on holiday or sneaking off to a coffee shop for a few hours. To make the most of this time a travel writing setup is an excellent addition to your hand luggage…Writing4 min readWriting4 min read
Published inThe Startup·Jul 29, 2019Member-onlyStress: 8 lifestyle changes to reduce itIf you talk to most of my friends they will probably describe me as very calm, and I don’t let stress and anxiety get to me too much. Don’t get me wrong it’s is still there, some level of stress is part of the human condition is always going to…Health8 min readHealth8 min read
Published inTowards Data Science·Jul 16, 2019Member-onlySpark on Windows? A getting started guide.We all read these articles about how big data is taking over the world. One of the tools widely used for this large scale data processing is Spark. Spark is a big data analytics agent and is the base framework of a lot of machine learning and data science used…Spark5 min readSpark5 min read
Jul 15, 2019Member-onlyThe Living Curious ManifestoWe are all born with a curious nature, the world is new and wondrous. As we grow we start to see rich veins of knowledge and experiences stretching off in all directions. We learn, we explore, and we taste everything. And then just as we are leaving adolescence and embarking…Life Lessons3 min readLife Lessons3 min read
Published inThe Startup·Jul 15, 2019Member-onlyCan you learn to code on your phone?Given the limited screen size and options for programming on your phone is it even possible to get a good grounding in a programming language just from a smartphone? The benefits of learning to code have been pushed heavily to people of all ages as an option for upskilling or…Programming8 min readProgramming8 min read
