Writing Clean Code and the Practice of Programming
Simple rules for better programming that are generally neglected by newcomers
Archive · 2017–2019
Machine Learning student era
In a past life I was pursuing a programming degree and building a career in Deep Learning. Kaggle, XGBoost, research papers — the whole journey.
Fantastic Programming Project Ideas and Where To Find Them (a beginner-friendly version)
20 cool project ideas for data science, machine-learning app development, and web development
Advance Your Python Skills by Building a Whatsapp Chat Analyser
A guided project that helps you dive into creating something cool and learn useful programming concepts by yourself!
Self-learning is difficult and frankly, quite lonely. Here’s how you can make it easier.
3 systems to make self-learning easier, Mentors to follow on Twitter and Cool Project Ideas for learning <X>
Getting started with Gradient Boosting Machines - using XGBoost and LightGBM parameters
What I will do is I sew a very simple explanation of Gradient Boosting Machines around the parameters of 2 of its most popular implementations — LightGBM and XGBoost.
How to surf the web to find motivating and insightful content
What I also want to say is that these cool webpages/people that I come across can come to anyone.
Comparison of software developers in India with US, UK, Germany and the entire world
I analysed the Stack Overflow survey and found a stark contrast in salaries, youth, interest in new tools, opinions about AI, ethics and more..
Use Kaggle to start (and guide) your ML and Data Science journey - Why and How
Earlier, I wasn’t so sure. I would say something like do this course or read this tutorial or learn Python first (just the things that I did). But now, as I am going deeper and deeper into the field, I am beginning to realise the drawbacks of the approach that I took.
Getting started with reading Deep Learning research papers: the Why and the How
With hundreds of papers being published every month, anybody who is serious about learning in this field cannot rely merely on tutorial-style articles or courses where someone else breaks down the latest research for him/her.
How (and why) to start building useful, real-world software with no experience
“Every great developer you know got there by solving problems they were unqualified to solve until they actually did it.”
"WTH does a neural network even learn?" - A newcomer's dilemma
It almost eases the mind to believe that we have this intangible sort of.. man-made “thing” that is analogous to the mind itself! It is especially appealing to someone who has just begun his/her Deep Learning journey.
Learn How To Be a Better Programmer by Automating the Boring Stuff
A good problem provides a stage. A stage where you can apply your knowledge, see its effects, and draw conclusions from it to improve and go back to perform.
