Aug 28, 2023Infinitely Long Reading List“Other” https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/10/17/how-infrastructure-works-deb-chachra/ Computing/Artificial Intelligence- https://github.com/cs-books/influential-cs-books https://medium.com/@barackobama/what-im-reading-on-the-rise-of-artificial-intelligence-72e088918de2 Biographies Einstein His Life and Universe by walter isaacson Benjamin Franklin- An American Life by walter isaacson Socrates: A Man For Our Times, Napoleon: A Life, and Churchill by Paul Johnson2 min read2 min read
May 11, 2023The Problem (and Opportunity) of Insurance Pricing TransparencyOn July 1st, 2022, The Transparency in Coverage rules, issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), went into effect. These are a new set of laws which require health insurance companies to post online machine readable text that discloses their prices for services and items they cover…3 min read3 min read
May 11, 2023Hyperparameter Optimization Concepts to Know for AWS Machine Learning Specialty CertificationThis is a semi-organized version of the notes I took when studying for the AWS ML Certification. I spent significant time reasoning through these concepts, so I hope it is helpful to anyone reading this post: Batch Size Batch size (hyperparameter of gradient descent)- the number of training samples the model works…Machine Learning4 min readMachine Learning4 min read
May 6, 2023Particle Filter AlgorithmParticle filters are used for localization, that is, to determine the location of an object at a moment in time. This technique has lots of applications in fields such as robotics. I don’t provide any code ; this blog post is my theoretical understanding of this algorithm. As per my…2 min read2 min read
May 6, 2023Achieving Fully Conscious AI Systems — A Literature ReviewThis content was submitted as part of my final paper for a graduate-level Intro to Cognitive Science course. As a disclaimer, this is my own original work; I do not endorse anyone copying any part of this content for their own coursework. I share it here on my blog because…Cognitive Science18 min readCognitive Science18 min read
May 6, 2023Understanding NP ComplexityNP complexity is an important part of theoretical computer science. In this blog post, I aim to provide a succinct description of the NP complexity class and how it relates to other complexity classes such as P and NP-Hard. First, if a problem is intractable, it means that the problem…Np Complete2 min readNp Complete2 min read
May 3, 2020Stories from the Garden- #1“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow”- Audrey Hepburn Welcome to the first post of a new series! Every summer, my family and I cultivate a vegetable garden in our backyard. Over the years, we’ve grown tomatoes, bottle gourds, peppers, cucumbers, and more. This planting season, I’m going…Garden2 min readGarden2 min read
Apr 4, 2020Check out the “Hack the Industry” Podcast!Curious what it’s all about & where to listen? See the details below: Hack the Industry centralizes on a different industry each episode. We bring in guests who are mavericks in their respective industries — whether that’s through breaking boundaries rapidly or having garnered experiences in the space for years. Tune in to hear their stories and learn where industries are headed. Share with a friend!Podcast1 min readPodcast1 min read
Nov 12, 2019The BAC Theorem: Disaster Recovery in a Microservices ArchitectureAs more and more companies migrate towards a microservices architecture, it is important for the engineering teams at these firms to understand the best practices for an effective Disaster Recovery (DR) solution that works with this new kind of architecture. As such, the BAC (Backup Availability Consistency) Theorem…Microservices3 min readMicroservices3 min read
Nov 2, 20195% PerfectionismNo matter how “small” your job is, do it well. Drive your work with edge cases in mind. 95% of the time, things will go as expected. You’ll operate as expected. You’ll perform on par with expectations. And as a result, you’ll succeed as expected. But what happens in that…YouTube4 min readYouTube4 min read