Learning to code with CS50 is bad. Learn from this tutorial instead — and have fun too! — Motivation: Learning to code should be fun and silly. (Too often, I am hearing tales of rough experiences learning to code.) If you’ve never written a line of code, this guide is for you. INTRODUCTION: Before I say anything… Your first taste of code should not: Be difficult. Include learning HTML & CSS: HTML and CSS are complex areas of…

Differentiate model selection with Pydantic V2’s discriminated union. — Congratulations 🎉 If you’re reading this, you probably want to improve your python skills and learn some advanced pydantic functionality. ⚠️ Disclaimer: I’m a contributor to Pydantic. Introduction Pydantic is the go-to data validation python library. With about 20 million downloads per week, it is among the top 100 python libraries.

Draw people in with a well crafted title. Focus their attention with a good subtitle. — Congratulations 🎉 If you’re reading this, you probably want to improve your technical writing skills. Background: I’m a Data Engineer with 6+ years experience. I’m also an editor for Data Engineering Things publication. I review a lot of technical articles and thought I’d share some techniques to improve technical writing.

TLDR: If something is important, link it! — Congratulations 🎉 If you’re reading this, you probably want to improve your technical writing skills. Background: I’m a Data Engineer with 6+ years experience. I’m also an editor for the Data Engineering Things publication. I review a lot of technical articles and thought I’d share some techniques to improve technical writing. TLDR: Checklist of what to link

Draw attention to your personal experience without disrupting the flow of your narrative — Congratulations 🎉 If you’re reading this, you probably want to improve your technical writing skills. Background: I’m a Data Engineer with 6+ years experience. I’m also an editor for Data Engineering Things publication. I review a lot of technical articles and thought I’d share some techniques to improve technical writing.

Data Engineers Beware: Pydantic V2’s Game-Changing Upgrades Are Here! — Introduction Pydantic is the go-to data validation python library. With about 20 million downloads per week, it is among the top 100 python libraries. Pydantic V2 was recently released (with a rust backend) — it is 5–50X faster than V1! The release also introduces many new breakthrough features, of which I…

How and why data quality is required for successful AI development. — Motivation Lately, I’ve been frustrated seeing AI discussed in sweeping exemplary platitudes. Most of the AI technologies which are in the news today (namely LLMs) have been around for many years.¹ I am confounded by proclamatory commitments to investment in AI development and research.² These seem to miss the point —…

Secure your personal identity in 4 quick steps (~20 minutes). — TLDR: Claim your social security account Freeze your credit Place a fraud alert Opt out of pre-screened credit offers Introduction: Companies collect a ton of data on individuals. Data Brokers purchase that data (is borderline illegal), aggregate it, often with personal information, and sell it. …

Here are my top takeaways from attending “Flow State 2022” — Stack Overflow’s conference on developer productivity. — TLDR: Developers’ focus is valuable and is directly related to their productivity and happiness. Tech organizations should protect their Developers from disruptions. (Those that do, reap benefits.) Developers spend a ton of time each day searching for knowledge. Enabling knowledge re-use is a great way to decrease disruptions and enable developers.