Keep Your Analytics Lint Free With SQLFluff - Episode 318

June 9, 2021 Tobias Macey Comments Off on Keep Your Analytics Lint Free With SQLFluff - Episode 318

The growth of analytics has accelerated the use of SQL as a first class language. It has also grown the amount of collaboration involved in writing and maintaining SQL queries. With collaboration comes the inevitable variation in how queries are written, both structurally and stylistically which can lead to a significant amount of wasted time and energy during code review and employee onboarding. Alan Cruickshank was feeling the pain of this wasted effort first-hand which led him down the path of creating SQLFluff as a linter and formatter to enforce consistency and find bugs in the SQL code that he and his team were working with. In this episode he shares the story of how SQLFluff evolved from a...

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Exploring The Patterns And Practices For Deep Learning With Andrew Ferlitsch - Episode 317

June 2, 2021 Tobias Macey Comments Off on Exploring The Patterns And Practices For Deep Learning With Andrew Ferlitsch - Episode 317

Deep learning is gaining an immense amount of popularity due to the incredible results that it is able to offer with comparatively little effort. Because of this there are a number of engineers who are trying their hand at building machine learning models with the wealth of frameworks that are available. Andrew Ferlitsch wrote a book to capture the useful patterns and best practices for building models with deep learning to make it more approachable for newcomers ot the field. In this episode he shares his deep expertise and extensive experience in building and teaching machine learning across many companies and industries. This is an entertaining and educational conversation about how to build maintainable models across a variety of...

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Automatically Generate Your Unit Tests From Scratch With Pynguin - Episode 316

May 25, 2021 Tobias Macey Comments Off on Automatically Generate Your Unit Tests From Scratch With Pynguin - Episode 316

Unit tests are an important tool to ensure the proper functioning of your application, but writing them can be a chore. Stephan Lukasczyk wants to reduce the monotony of the process for Python developers. As part of his PhD research he created the Pynguin project to automate the creation of unit tests. In this episode he explains the complexity involved in generating useful tests for a dynamic language, how he has designed Pynguin to address the challenges, and how you can start using it today for your own work.

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Leveling Up Natural Language Processing with Transfer Learning - Episode 315

May 18, 2021 Tobias Macey Comments Off on Leveling Up Natural Language Processing with Transfer Learning - Episode 315

Natural language processing is a powerful tool for extracting insights from large volumes of text. With the growth of the internet and social platforms, and the increasing number of people and communities conducting their professional and personal activities online, the opportunities for NLP to create amazing insights and experiences are endless. In order to work with such a large and growing corpus it has become necessary to move beyond purely statistical methods and embrace the capabilities of deep learning, and transfer learning in particular. In this episode Paul Azunre shares his journey into the application and implementation of transfer learning for natural language processing. This is a fascinating look at the possibilities of emerging machine learning techniques for transforming...

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Federated Learning For All With Flower - Episode 314

May 11, 2021 Tobias Macey Comments Off on Federated Learning For All With Flower - Episode 314

Machine learning is a tool that has typically been performed on large volumes of data in one place. As more computing happens at the edge on mobile and low power devices, the learning is being federated which brings a new set of challenges. Daniel Beutel co-created the Flower framework to make federated learning more manageable. In this episode he shares his motivations for starting the project, how you can use it for your own work, and the unique challenges and benefits that this emerging model offers. This is a great exploration of the federated learning space and a framework that makes it more approachable.

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