The data engineering lifecycle is not going anywhere

My key takeaways from reading Fundamentals of Data Engineering by Joe Reis and Matt Housley.

April 5, 2024

Future software development may require fewer humans

Reflecting on an interview with Jason Warner, CEO of poolside.

February 6, 2024

Transfer learning applies to energy market bidding

An interesting approach to bidding of energy storage assets, showing that training on New York data is transferable to Queensland.

December 14, 2023

Our Blue Machine is changing, but we are not helpless

One of my many highlights from Helen Czerski’s Blue Machine.

November 28, 2023

Artificial intelligence was a marketing term all along – just call it automation

Replacing ‘artificial intelligence’ with ‘automation’ is a useful trick for cutting through the hype.

October 6, 2023

Revisiting Start Small, Stay Small in 2023 (Chapter 2)

A summary of the second chapter of Rob Walling’s Start Small, Stay Small, along with my thoughts & reflections.

August 17, 2023

Revisiting Start Small, Stay Small in 2023 (Chapter 1)

A summary of the first chapter of Rob Walling’s Start Small, Stay Small, along with my thoughts & reflections.

August 16, 2023

You can't save time

Time can be spent doing different activities, but it can’t be stored and saved for later.

July 11, 2023