Data Elixir - Data Elixir - Issue 449
ISSUE 449 · August 22, 2023Posts & TutorialsAnalysis of the data job market using "Ask HN: Who is hiring?" postsThis analysis of the monthly "Who is Hiring" discussion on Hacker News explores 10 years of posts to understand the trends in the data job market, with a particular focus on data science. It's based on Hacker News posts, which aren't necessarily an accurate reflection of the job market but it's a great analysis, with useful insights along the way. Is probability frequentist or Bayesian?The single biggest argument about statistics: is probability frequentist or Bayesian? It's neither, and this post explains why. Buckle up — this is a deep-dive explanation. Open challenges in LLM researchGreat post summarizing the top challenges facing large language models. If you're looking for problems to solve or are interested in understanding LLM weaknesses, this is a good place to start. Sponsored LinkGet an edge in AI careers of tomorrow. Learn the concepts that drive it today.Brilliant makes it easy. In just 15 minutes a day, you can level up in the core building blocks of AI, as well as data science, programming, logic, and beyond. Thousands of bite-size, interactive lessons help you master the key concepts and make it insanely easy to build a daily learning habit. Join over 10 million people and start your 30-day free trial today. Tools & CodeAutomatic Generation of Visualizations using LLMsLIDA is a new library for generating data visualizations and infographics using large language models. It's language agnostic and can work with any visualization library too. There's a lot here, including a notebook tutorial, a paper, and a code repo. QGIS in RQGIS is a popular open-source geospatial data system that lets you create, edit, visualize, analyze and publish geospatial information from any platform. Now, with the new qgisprocess package, you can work with QGIS directly from R. CareerOpen Doors in Your Career by Unlocking the Dark Side of Your SuperpowerThere's a dark side to every superpower but you need to understand those dark sides to move past them. If you've ever felt stuck in your career, the insights here could help you get unstuck. Great post. ResourcesAnti-hype LLM reading listGreat collection of posts and papers that dive into LLMs and how to work with them. This is an evolving resource by Vicki Boykis who's particularly interested in practical first-hand accounts. Data Visualization - Fall 2023This free online course by Andrew Heiss just started and it looks great. The course covers a wide variety of topics and includes video lectures, examples, assignments, and pointers to books, articles, and key resources that are all free. OutlierThe Nature of CodeThe Nature of Code is a beginner-friendly creative coding tutorial that explores a range of programming strategies for developing computer simulations of natural systems—from elementary concepts in math and physics to sophisticated machine learning algorithms. This is the newly updated, 2nd edition of this popular book and it's free to read online. Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here >> |
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Data Elixir - Issue 448
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
The weird world of LLMs. Learning how DBs work under the hood. Probabilistic ML: Advanced Topics. Packaging C code for R. Tactile data viz.
Data Elixir - Issue 447
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Finance Toolkit. Awesome Quarto. Do Machine ML models memorize or generalize? ML⇄DB seminar series. Functions are vectors.
Data Elixir - Issue 446
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Nix for data science. Telling Stories with Data. Design patterns for LLM systems & products. Practical guide to conjoint analysis. Treemaps.
Data Elixir - Issue 445
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Salary Calculator. Python vector DBs. Visual superpowers. Polars for R Cookbook. Test Driven Data Analysis. Python cheatsheet.
Data Elixir - Issue 444
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Advanced Python. Financial ML. GPT-4 superpowers. VScode + Docker + Python = ❤️. Dimensionality reduction. Regulating AI.
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