Robert de GraafinLevel Up CodingWill there be cross-functional data scientists in ten years?When DJ Patil reinvented and popularised the term ‘data scientist’ many people tried to define ‘data science’. One of the most influential…Dec 4, 2023Dec 4, 2023
Robert de GraafinLevel Up CodingEmbrace the AmbiguityAmbiguous instructions are a pain for many technical people, including data scientists, but what if they were an opportunity?Nov 10, 2023Nov 10, 2023
Robert de GraafinLevel Up CodingDecision Trees Aren’t As Interpretable As You ThinkDecision trees are cited as highly interpretable — but is the interpretation always accurate?Sep 12, 2023Sep 12, 2023
Robert de GraafinLevel Up CodingExtending Dates in SQLSQL has a wide range of date parts — but there are still gaps that you might need to fill yourself.Sep 5, 2023Sep 5, 2023
Robert de GraafinLevel Up CodingMicrosoft’s SQL CoPilot is Better (and worse) than Microsoft SaysMicrosoft have recently released CoPilot for SQL Developers . The CoPilot developers may have been surprised to see relatively negative…Aug 27, 2023Aug 27, 2023
Robert de GraafinLevel Up CodingHow to be a more effective coder than ChatGPTThere have many dire predictions about ChatGPT effectively wiping out the activity of coding by humans. Predictions about the future are…Aug 16, 20231Aug 16, 20231
Robert de GraafinLevel Up CodingRecursive CTEs, Calendars and a Little Bit of LeetcodeRecursive CTEs in SQL are a lot more useful than examples using maths problems make it seemAug 13, 20231Aug 13, 20231
Robert de GraafinLevel Up CodingDealing with nulls in SQL — COALESCE and friendsUnderstanding and handling nulls is a skill that separates practiced SQL users from beginners.Aug 9, 2023Aug 9, 2023
Robert de GraafChatGPT Can’t Steal Jobs That Produce NothingIf your job’s function is just to be something or ap, it’s safeAug 7, 2023Aug 7, 2023
Robert de GraafinLevel Up CodingCombining Word Documents and LLMs for Turbocharged PipelinesThe basic Python skills I’ve used to extract text from Word documents and insert LLM output into formatted Word documents.Aug 6, 2023Aug 6, 2023