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Using scripts to improve your workflow

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Development these days is very complicated. You have to contend with many types of technologies. Source code management. Maven or Gradle build scripts. Testing of all sorts. Deployment to various destinations. The permutations are endless. CI/CD (continuous integration & continuous deployment) tools like Jenkins can handle several of these challenges. But sometimes all you need is a simple script to do the job. Continue reading “Using scripts to improve your workflow” →

Taking on Machine Learning

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About two months ago I took steps to get into the Machine Learning bandwaggon. It was tough to take that first step for many reasons. The first was the tough decision of choosing the right programming language to learn. Did I want to stick to the JVM and Java or chose another JVM language? Take up Python. Or learn something else. This article from KDnuggets made that decision much harder. Luckily, due to circumstances from a recent project, I decided to turn to Scala. And so far, I haven’t been disappointed. Continue reading “Taking on Machine Learning” →