At least twice a week, I’m approached by technical and non-technical folks alike asking my thoughts on where to begin learning about data science and machine learning. The reason folks reach out to me is because I have a very unconventional background. In a nutshell, I pivoted from a purely business career path with little technical knowledge to becoming a full blown machine learning engineer with the assistance of non-traditional educational resources. (Non-traditional = I didn’t get a formal degree in this.)

Toward the beginning of 2020, I wrote an extremely robust guide sharing every little thing I did, but…

Terraform + SageMaker

Hello there, folks! Today, we’re starting a new series on using Terraform to create resources on AWS SageMaker. I expect you’re likely familiar with what SageMaker is, even if only on a very general level. In a nutshell, SageMaker is AWS’s machine learning service. AWS has poured a lot of energy into this particular service over the years, obviously in response to the explosive growth that the data science / machine learning practice has become across all industries. It’s sort of difficult to keep up with the growth! …

Raspberry Pi + iPad Pro

Hello there friends! We’re back again with a fourth part in our series for enabling a Raspberry Pi to work directly with an iPad Pro. If you’ve been following along so far, you’ll recall that I wasn’t sure I’d write a fourth post. I’ve spent several weeks working on this specific post since, honestly, it’s been a struggle to get it working. Before we jump into why I’m writing this fourth post, I’d like to encourage new readers to get caught up by checking out the three previous posts:

• Part 1: First Time OS Initialization!
• Part 2: Setting Up the…

I’m thinking about putting another bathroom in my basement.

I currently live in a nice but relatively modest house. Four bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, and a mostly finished basement. Three of the bedrooms and both full bathrooms reside in the second floor of the house, and the fourth bedroom (which we use as a guest bedroom) is two levels below in the basement. As you can guess, this is less than convenient for guests who want to shower at their convenience and privacy. Fortunately, there is a rough-in for a full bathroom in the basement, which would totally…

RASPBERRY PI + IPAD

Welcome back, folks! We’re back again with our third and possibly final post in enabling a Raspberry Pi to work with an iPad Pro for data science work. If you’ve been following along so far, then you will already be able to connect the Raspberry Pi to your iPad Pro with a direct USB-C to USB-C connection. In case you missed those first two posts that have gotten us tho this point, here they are again:

• Part 1: First Time OS Initialization!
• Part 2: Setting Up the Hardline Connection!

In this post, we’re going to cover getting all our data…

Raspberry Pi + iPad

Hello again, friends! We’re back again with the next post in our series in using a Raspberry Pi as a “computational DS accessory” for use with the iPad Pro. In case you missed the first post, please check it out via the link below as this post will build on top of that first one:

• Part 1: First Time OS Initialization!

At the end of our first post, we had just gotten the Raspberry Pi’s OS initialized and working with a hardwired monitor/keyboard/mouse. You setup might currently look something like this:

Raspberry Pi + iPad

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about the state of being able to perform data science activities on an iPad Pro. While I was truly surprised to see how far Apple has come in recent years, we still aren’t 100% to the point that somebody can ditch their laptop to solely do things on an iPad. I personally would love this to happen just because I love using my iPad for literally everything else, from graphic design to using the screen for my piano sheet music.

As I quote from my last post:

Because iOS isn’t a traditional…

MLflow101

Hello there all! Long time, no see, right? My previous post in this series was published all the way back in October 2020, which is coincidentally the time when a ton of new video games rolled out. Because I write these posts in my free time, I clearly was using my free time for other things. 😂

This will be the fourth and likely final post in our MLflow 101 series. It’s been a great ride, but all good things must come to an end. …