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New Book Review: "A Whirlwind Tour of Python"

New book review for A Whirlwind Tour of Python, by Jake VanderPlas, O'Reilly, 2016, reposted here: Yes, this book provides a bit of a whirlwind tour of the Python language, not unlike the cycling race depicted on the cover. The author starts by commenting on how the appeal

New Book Review: "Picking a Python Version"

New book review for Picking a Python Version: A Manifesto, by David Mertz, O'Reilly, 2015, reposted here: As someone relatively new to Python, this book perfectly matched my need to understand the currently available 2.x and 3.x series of the programming language. However, Mertz also discusses

Workshop Notes (August 27, 2016): End-to-End Streaming ML Recommendation Pipeline (Spark 2.0, Kafka, TensorFlow)

1871 August 27, 2016 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM From the promotional materials: END-TO-END STREAMING ML RECOMMENDATION PIPELINE WORKSHOP Learn to build an end-to-end, streaming recommendations pipeline using the latest streaming analytics tools inside a portable, take-home Docker Container in the cloud! DATE Saturday, August 27, 2016 TIME 9:

Scrum: A Runner's Perspective

Growing up, I ran competitively in school for 10 years, less a couple years break due to school transitions and short-term attendance at a smaller US private school which did not offer a running program. My third grade teacher discovered me so-to-speak and encouraged me to try out for the

Liquibase in the Enterprise: Part 7

As discussed in part 5 of this series (and the part 6 follow-up), the co-founder and CTO of a start-up named Datical asked for my input back in 2012 during the market validation process of a new product called Datical DB. This past week, I was excited to hear that

What is "Full-Stack"?

What is "full-stack" development? What does a "full-stack" developer do? Typically, developers who feel that they can effectively program across all layers of an application refer to themselves as "full-stack". While I've heard this explanation on numerous occasions, I'm reminded

New Book Review: "The JHipster Mini-Book"

New book review for The JHipster Mini-Book, by Matt Raible, C4Media (Publisher of InfoQ.com), 2015, reposted here: According to the author, the purpose of this book is to further the knowledge of JHipster, as well as to show Java developers that they can be hip again by leveraging AngularJS,

Past Book Review (July 6, 2007): "Balancing Agility and Discipline"

Past book review (i.e. posted prior to starting this blog) for Balancing Agility and Discipline: A Guide for the Perplexed, by Barry Boehm and Richard Turner, Addison-Wesley/Pearson Education, 2003, reposted here: Great text. I really enjoyed reading this book by Boehm and Turner. Especially enjoyable was reading Grady

Counterpoint: "20 Questions to Detect Fake Data Scientists"

Update: this counterpoint was revisited for Erik on Software anniversary post #500 (January 28, 2023). Just recently, links to an essay entitled "20 Questions to Detect Fake Data Scientists" was making the rounds in some of the forums that I frequent. And following up the 20 questions suggested

New Book Review: "JS.Next: A Manager's Guide (Second Edition)"

New book review for JS.Next: A Manager's Guide (Second Edition), by Aaron Frost, O'Reilly, 2015: Great report on JS.Next in a small, 34-page package provided free by O'Reilly. The author, a Google Developer Expert nominated by Google for his work on AngularJS