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The IAA can feel like a firehose. The pace is fast, the expectations are high, and the deadlines rarely wait. The only reason I’m not drowning is that I trained for this kind of pressure for years as a Division I athlete. Swimming taught me discipline, efficiency, and resilience under Continue reading Structured for Survival: The System That Keeps Me Sane at the IAA
In data science, the real value data scientists provide is not in the complex code and algorithms themselves, but in the insights these methods uncover. It can be challenging, however, to ensure those insights are valuable, particularly when dealing with broad objectives and diverse audiences. This is where I have Continue reading From Data to Decisions: How the Intelligence Cycle Enhances Data Science
Whether you’re looking to learn a new tool, practice your database and SQL skills, or integrate something different into your personal project, open-source tools such as PostgreSQL and TablePlus are a great place to start! Last year, a teammate introduced me to PostgreSQL using TablePlus, and it’s been my favorite Continue reading Getting Started with PostgreSQL and TablePlus
Would you believe me if I told you that some people can’t tell these images apart? It’s me. I’m one of those people. I can tell that the tritanopic image is quite different, and the protanopic image’s top light looks weird, but the normal and deuteranopic images look very similar Continue reading Color Me … Confused.