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Data generalist, educator, author of The Well-Grounded Data Analyst (Manning, 2025). Co-host of the Half Stack Data Science podcast.
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Maybe I'm late to the party, but did we really need to add AI to Notepad? Really??

submitted 49 minutes ago • 2 comments

Baseball analytics people, I encourage yall to join and submit an entry to my latest Kaggle competition: predicting strikeouts If you’re just getting into analytics or if you have a stuff model you want to put to the test, here’s your chance! www.kaggle.com/competitions...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Books designed to be read only by human eyes are different from books designed to be read by machines, which is why Google will tell you that the phrase “shake my booty” can be found in an 1863 English translation of Don Quixote.

submitted 336 days ago • 80 comments

There are only 5 days left, but if you want to give input to the UK government's proposed changes to allow AI companies to train on copyright data unless rights holder opt out, you can do so here. Deadline 20 Feb 2025. ipoconsultations.citizenspace.com/ipo/consulta... I did, naturally.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

I have feelings about AI & the web & my experience being trans "in tech" in 2025 - so I screamed some thoughts onto my personal web log. I hope for all of us a more queer & humane future. Keep building communities & dreaming better paths. https://www.miriamsuzanne.com/2025/02/12/tech-ai-wtf/

submitted 10 days ago • 12 comments

Get Pythoning, people! 🐍

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

When you have a podcast, turns out you can turn the mic on yourselves! Listen to Shaun asking me about my book, The Well-Grounded Data Analyst. We also tease an upcoming season 4... 👀 #databs #datasky

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

OK since we're doing internet opinions... the first 6 seasons of Red Dwarf are the peak of sitcoms. Not a single bad episode.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Should you write a technical book? (Trying this again, hopefully with sound this time if the Bluesky gremlins will allow it) #dataBS #datasky

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Another walking video with some answers to the question: should you write a technical book? #databs #datasky

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

This is so easy when you love jazz. How about Coltrane's My Favorite Things clocking in at nearly 14 minutes? An absolute jazz banger. youtu.be/JQvc-Gkwhow

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

I'm excited to share something special with you – I've teamed up with Andres Vourakis to bring you 5 awesome tips that'll make your SQL code more professional. Be sure to check out his Substack "To Be a Data Scientist" for more great advice on landing your dream data scientist role!

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Damn, this one hit home. "The flow state is important because it’s our most powerful weapon against the intense tech-driven rationalization of our lives." www.honest-broker.com/p/how-we-los...

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

I love reading stuff like this. Why doesn't all software elicit this reaction? Where did we all go wrong?

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments