Xander DunnPython is Holding Us BackPython is holding me back from being a first class computer scientist:2 min read·Feb 10, 2020----
Xander DunninEclodeShutting Down EclodeWe set out to cure obesity and make gyms obsolete. Unfortunately we’re at an impasse and I must decide to shut down Eclode.4 min read·Jul 28, 2019--1--1
Xander DunninEclodeThe State of Myostatin InhibitionMSTN, the gene encoding myostatin, is one of the most famous genes in the world. It’s hard to find a popular gene editing article that…5 min read·Jul 23, 2019----
Xander DunnDeep Learning IterationFast iteration is vital to software development. This is pretty widely recognized:3 min read·Jan 31, 2019----
Xander DunnObfuscatedThis is a historic document circulated among Numerai’s data scientists in 2017. It’s no longer an accurate representation of how Numerai’s…6 min read·Jan 31, 2019----
Xander DunninNumeraiNumerai’s New Tournament to Crowdsource the Future of the Stock MarketThe traditional crowdsourced machine learning tournament depends on a holdout dataset. The holdout data is some historical data known to…3 min read·May 25, 2017--1--1
Xander DunnOn the Equity QuestionWe’ve been sending this list of resources to every person we’ve sent an offer to at Numerai:1 min read·Apr 1, 2017----
Xander DunnWhat to Ask Software CompaniesSome of these questions may not be particularly suitable for a particular situation. For example, it’s not reasonable to expect an early…10 min read·Apr 1, 2017--1--1
Xander DunnOn Recruiting Brilliant Software EngineersWhen recruiters first contact candidates, they typically list off a string of very unimportant things. In this particular example:4 min read·Nov 20, 2016----
Xander DunnStarCluster on Ubuntu 14.04 with c4.large EC2 NodesCreate a Custom Ubuntu AMI and Run StarCluster Nodes with it4 min read·Nov 17, 2015--1--1