datascience
(56)Writing good instructions to achieve high precision and throughput.
12 Mar 2023  ·  6 min  ·  datascience machinelearning mechanism
Introducing randomness and/or learning from inherent randomness to mitigate position bias.
17 Apr 2022  ·  7 min  ·  recsys datascience
Thinking about recsys as interventional vs. observational, and inverse propensity scoring.
10 Apr 2022  ·  8 min  ·  recsys datascience
How they differ and why they work better in different situations.
20 Mar 2022  ·  7 min  ·  engineering datascience misc
Hard-won lessons on how to start data science projects effectively.
06 Mar 2022  ·  7 min  ·  datascience engineering productivity
I'm heading into a team lead role and would like to define the vision and roadmap.
18 Feb 2022  ·  3 min  ·  leadership datascience career 📬
What to consider for in terms of data, roadmap, role, manager, tooling, etc.
13 Feb 2022  ·  8 min  ·  datascience career 🔥
Daliana and I had a 2hr chat on all things data science and machine learning.
02 Dec 2021  ·  1 min  ·  datascience machinelearning career
More than two dozen interviews with ML Practitioners sharing their stories and advice
25 Nov 2021  ·  1 min  ·  machinelearning datascience career 🛠
How to generate labels from scratch with semi, active, and weakly supervised learning.
01 Aug 2021  ·  12 min  ·  teardown machinelearning datascience
My favourite project, how I write weekly and how you can start, and content I would like to see more of.
02 Jun 2021  ·  11 min  ·  career writing datascience
How to go from knowing machine learning to applying it at work to drive impact.
02 May 2021  ·  12 min  ·  machinelearning datascience ❤️
We discussed about how to build and run data teams and engage better with business.
28 Mar 2021  ·  10 min  ·  datascience leadership
Short vs. long-term gain, incremental vs. disruptive innovation, and resume-driven development.
21 Mar 2021  ·  12 min  ·  datascience machinelearning leadership
What the top teams did to win the 36-hour data hackathon. No, not machine learning.
14 Feb 2021  ·  6 min  ·  datascience engineering misc
What I learned about hiring and training, and fostering innovation, discipline, and camaraderie.
31 Jan 2021  ·  16 min  ·  leadership datascience
Stop procrastinating, go off the happy path, learn just-in-time, and get your hands dirty.
24 Jan 2021  ·  9 min  ·  learning datascience 🔥
How to increase the chances of getting called up by recruiters?
16 Jan 2021  ·  5 min  ·  career datascience 📬
How he switched from engineering to data science, what "senior" means, and how writing helps.
29 Nov 2020  ·  23 min  ·  career datascience writing
Interview questions you should ask and how to evolve your job scope.
15 Nov 2020  ·  8 min  ·  datascience career
A personal take on their deliverables and skills, and what it means for the industry and your team.
08 Nov 2020  ·  11 min  ·  datascience machinelearning career
What questions do they answer? How do they compare? What open-source solutions are available?
25 Oct 2020  ·  16 min  ·  teardown datascience engineering 🔥
Not 'How to build a data science portfolio', but 'Whys' and 'Whats'.
18 Oct 2020  ·  15 min  ·  datascience learning career
Building prototypes helped get buy-in when roadmaps & design docs failed.
11 Oct 2020  ·  7 min  ·  datascience productivity
What's an average day like? What's great about the role? How's working in Amazon?
21 Sep 2020  ·  8 min  ·  datascience career
My chat with James Le about my experience, leadership, agile, ML in production, writing, and more.
03 Sep 2020  ·  17 min  ·  datascience leadership career lazada
Becoming a senior after three years and dealing with imposter syndrome.
27 Aug 2020  ·  2 min  ·  career datascience 📬
Why (and why not) be more end-to-end, how to, and Stitch Fix and Netflix's experience
09 Aug 2020  ·  17 min  ·  datascience machinelearning leadership 🔥
Ever revisit a project & replicate the results the first time round? Me neither. Thus I adopted these habits.
19 Jul 2020  ·  12 min  ·  mechanism datascience productivity
It's not enough to have a good strategy and plan. Execution is just as important.
12 Jul 2020  ·  7 min  ·  mechanism datascience productivity
Does DS have business requirements? When does it make sense to split DS and DE??
21 Jun 2020  ·  3 min  ·  datascience 📬
A curious discussion made me realize my expert blind spot. And no, Airflow is not late.
17 Jun 2020  ·  3 min  ·  datascience engineering production til
Haste makes waste. Diving into a data science problem may not be the fastest route to getting it done.
15 Jun 2020  ·  12 min  ·  mechanism datascience productivity
Initially, I didn't like it. But over time, it grew on me. Here's why.
07 Jun 2020  ·  10 min  ·  mechanism agile leadership datascience
What I Learnt about evaluating ideas from first-hand participation in a hackathon.
03 May 2020  ·  7 min  ·  datascience lazada
Why you should give a talk and some tips from five years of speaking and hosting meet-ups.
18 Apr 2020  ·  7 min  ·  datascience writing
Automate your experimentation workflow to minimize effort and iterate faster.
15 Mar 2020  ·  6 min  ·  datascience productivity python
How hard work, many failures, and a bit of luck got me into the field and up the ladder.
27 Feb 2020  ·  12 min  ·  career datascience lazada 🔥
Keynote on how Asia's tech giants scale and their SuperApp strategy.
03 Oct 2019  ·  3 min  ·  datascience leadership
No, you don't need a PhD or 10+ years of experience.
30 Apr 2019  ·  8 min  ·  career datascience
Taking the best from agile and modifying it to fit the data science process (Part 2 of 2).
02 Feb 2019  ·  14 min  ·  mechanism agile datascience productivity
A deeper look into the strengths and weaknesses of Agile in Data Science projects (Part 1 of 2).
26 Jan 2019  ·  13 min  ·  agile datascience productivity 🔥
What's the difference between a data scientist, data engineer, and ML engineer? A panel at Google.
17 Jan 2019  ·  4 min  ·  datascience career
Yes, Agile can be adopted by data science teams. Moderating a panel at GovTech STACK.
28 Oct 2018  ·  6 min  ·  agile datascience
Technical challenges easy compared to business and people issues. Sharing at the BDA Summit.
21 Jun 2018  ·  8 min  ·  datascience leadership lazada
Culture >> Hierarchy, Process, Bureaucracy.
12 May 2018  ·  5 min  ·  leadership datascience lazada
And my idiosyncratic journey to VP of Data Science at Lazada (Alibaba). A Lunchtime chat at INSEAD.
25 Apr 2018  ·  2 min  ·  datascience lazada
How being a Lead / Manager is different from being an individual contributor.
25 Sep 2017  ·  5 min  ·  leadership datascience lazada
What is data science, how to pick it up, and how to enter the field? A discussion with SMU undergrads.
26 Aug 2017  ·  1 min  ·  datascience career
Sharing about why data science, data science myths, a typical day, and more with TIA.
26 Jul 2017  ·  4 min  ·  datascience career
Tools and skills to pick up and how to practice them. An Invited Talk with Masters in IT candidates.
26 Jun 2017  ·  1 min  ·  datascience learning career
Tools and skills to pick up, and how to practice them.
25 Jun 2017  ·  9 min  ·  datascience learning career
If things are not failing, you're not innovating enough. - Elon Musk
19 Feb 2017  ·  3 min  ·  leadership datascience lazada
Cleaning up text and messing with ascii (urgh!)
11 Dec 2016  ·  8 min  ·  datascience machinelearning python 🛠
Parsing json and formatting product titles and categories.
11 Oct 2016  ·  9 min  ·  datascience python 🛠
Guest post of how DataKind SG worked with NGOs to frame their problems and suggests solutions
17 Sep 2015  ·  8 min  ·  datascience
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