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Published in Towards Data Science

·Jul 30, 2019

Trolls and bots are disrupting social media — here’s how AI can stop them (Part 1)

Trolls and bots have a huge and often unrecognized influence on social media. They are used to influence conversations for commercial or political reasons. They allow small hidden groups of people to promote information supporting their agenda and a large scale. They can push their content to the top of…

Machine Learning

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Trolls and bots are disrupting social media — here’s how AI can stop them (Part 1)
Trolls and bots are disrupting social media — here’s how AI can stop them (Part 1)
Machine Learning

9 min read


Published in Towards Data Science

·Jul 30, 2019

Identifying trolls and bots on Reddit with machine learning (Part 2)

Trolls and bots are widespread across social media, and they influence us in ways we are not always aware of. Trolls can be relatively harmless, just trying to entertain themselves at others’ expense, but they can also be political actors sowing mistrust or discord. While some bots offer helpful information…

Machine Learning

10 min read

Identifying trolls and bots on Reddit with machine learning (Part 2)
Identifying trolls and bots on Reddit with machine learning (Part 2)
Machine Learning

10 min read


Published in HackerNoon.com

·Jun 25, 2019

Opinionated or Not: Choosing the Right Framework for the Job

There’s a foundational question that every project starts with: accept the freedom to roll your own solutions along with the burdens that go with it, or take the chance to use sensible defaults that allow you to move quickly, but hide a multitude of decisions and set you on a prescriptive path. — Deciding whether or not to use an opinionated framework for your next project will have significant implications, both over the short term of getting the product to market on time and over the long haul. It can affect how easy your application will be to maintain and modify in order…

Programming

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Opinionated or Not: Choosing the Right Framework for the Job
Opinionated or Not: Choosing the Right Framework for the Job
Programming

8 min read


Published in Better Programming

·May 15, 2019

A Beginner’s Guide to Using CDNs

Improve your website’s speed with this simple tool — Websites have become larger and more complex over the past few years, and users expect them to load instantaneously, even on mobile devices. The smallest performance drops can have big effects; just a 100ms decrease in page load time can drop conversions by 7%. With competitors just a click away…

Web Development

9 min read

A Beginner’s Guide to Using CDNs
A Beginner’s Guide to Using CDNs
Web Development

9 min read


Published in HackerNoon.com

·May 14, 2019

Staging Environments Are Overlooked — Here’s Why They Matter

Many development teams skip having a staging environment for their applications. They submit a PR, potentially run tests in a CI system, merge to master, and then deploy to production. This is a risky pipeline because there is no true integration environment or integration testing being performed. …

Continuous Integration

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Staging Environments Are Overlooked — Here’s Why They Matter
Staging Environments Are Overlooked — Here’s Why They Matter
Continuous Integration

7 min read


Apr 16, 2019

Exploring Code for America’s Open311 Data Set with the new Dataclips

Heroku Dataclips enable you to create SQL queries for your Heroku Postgres databases and share the results with your team, third-party tools, and with the world. The recent release of the new Dataclips introduces a number of new features, including a schema explorer, editor autocomplete, chart visualizations, and more options…

Big Data

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Exploring Code for America’s Open311 Data Set with the new Dataclips
Exploring Code for America’s Open311 Data Set with the new Dataclips
Big Data

5 min read


Apr 29, 2015

How We Accelerated Growth with Product Onboarding

Not everyone who tries your product will purchase and stay engaged. If you offer a free version, you’ll often see a significant drop in engagement shortly after sign up. The question then becomes, “How do I improve the onboarding experience to increase engagement and revenue?” I’ll break this down into…

Onboarding

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How We Accelerated Growth with Product Onboarding
How We Accelerated Growth with Product Onboarding
Onboarding

8 min read


Apr 11, 2015

Inside Product Management: David Breger of LinkedIn

David Breger is the Tablet Mobile Product Lead at LinkedIn and a mentor at 500 Startups. Mobile now accounts for 43% of LinkedIn’s visits and will soon make up the majority. Previously, he created endorsements which is the fastest growing product in LinkedIn history. I reached out to David to…

Product Management

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Inside Product Management: David Breger of LinkedIn
Inside Product Management: David Breger of LinkedIn
Product Management

4 min read


Aug 12, 2014

How To Predict Customer Conversions Using R

At a recent Analytics Hackathon I was able to use R to double our prediction percentage for which customers converted to paid plans. An accurate prediction can generate lead scores so sales can focus their effort on promising opportunities or customers who are at risk. …

Machine Learning

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How To Predict Customer Conversions Using R
How To Predict Customer Conversions Using R
Machine Learning

8 min read

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