José Tapadas Alves

Published in Better Programming

·Aug 25, 2020

Practical Asynchronous Iteration in JavaScript

A HackerNews stories iterable — With the introduction of ES6, we acquired the support for synchronously iterating over data. We could, of course, already iterate over iterable built-in structures like objects or arrays, but the big introduction was the formalization of an implementable interface to create both our iterables and generators. But what about the…

Java Script

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Java Script

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Published in Towards Data Science

·Mar 16, 2020

Predicting AirBnB prices in Lisbon: Trees and Random Forests

In this small article, we will quickly bootstrap a prediction model for the nightly prices of an AirBnB in Lisbon. This guide hopes to serve as a simplistic and practical introduction to machine learning data analysis, by using real data and developing a real model. It assumes as well a…

Machine Learning

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Predicting AirBnB prices in Lisbon: Trees and Random Forests

Machine Learning

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Published in Towards Data Science

·Oct 30, 2019

A gentle introduction to gradient descent thru linear regression

T o have a glimpse on the intricate nature of the reality that surrounds us, to understand the underlying relations between events or subjects, or even to assess the influence of a specific phenomenon on an arbitrary event, we must convolute reality into the information dimension attempting to leverage our…

Machine Learning

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A gentle introduction to gradient descent thru linear regression

Machine Learning

14 min read

Published in Runtime Revolution

·Jan 25, 2017

Setting up a simple Rails development environment with Docker for fun and profit

Creating a development environment may seem like a trivial task for many developers. As time progresses, and we find ourselves dwelling through the life cycle of so many projects, one probably ends up with a fragile and cluttered development machine, filled with an entropic set of unmanageable services and library…

Docker

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Docker

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