Richard Decal

In defense of Python assertions

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When new devs join my team, I inevitably hear that assertions are bad. This might be a spicy take, but I’m here to argue that assertions, when used correctly, can be great…

LLM Assistant for Better Gatherings

Using a daisy chain of prompts to plan a potluck

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I wanted to share my work from an LLM hackathon hosted by Deonna and Nick from AVL Digital Nomads. I recently have been reading “The Art of Gathering” by Priya Parker, which…

Getting Immersed VR setup on Ubuntu

Documenting how to get Immersed VR working on Ubuntu Linux

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In my quest to perfect my “road warrior” setup, I have been experimenting with coding in VR. I have been using the Immersed VR app on my Quest 3 headset to create a virtual…

Richard’s ML Study Guide

A collection of study materials for machine learning.

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I’ve been asked a few times for recommendations on how to get started studying machine learning. I am sharing it here for anyone who is interested, and I will update it as I…

How to do stratified splitting of Multi-class Multi-labeled image classification data

Complete with code and unit tests.

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Stratified sampling is imporant when you have extremely unbalanced machine learning datasets to ensure that each class is evenly distributed across your…

Automatically creating Kedro dataset directories

Avoiding IO errors at the end of pipelines with a simple hook.

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If you use Kedro for data pipelines, you may have had issues saving datasets if the dataset directory does not already exist. Instead of manually creating these data…

Installing Mosh server on AWS

Also works for other VPS

Mosh (“mobile shell”) is an ssh alternative which is robust to network changes. It is super useful for working on a VPS when you are on a flaky connection or roaming. Here…

Installing X2go server for i3

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I often like to work remote using a lightweight computer that is connected to a (remote) beefy server. I tried to follow this guide for creating a remote Linux workstation…

AI for Social Good Podcast Series

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The This Week in Machine Learning and AI Podcast just did a series of interviews with Microsoft researchers working on making the world a better place with AI.