All Hands on Data #14
College Football is back this week! These articles should be a good tool to help you hold off your excitement until Saturday.
What I've Learned After Using Git Daily for 6 Months
As a web developer, I use git constantly (and still have much to learn). Sadly, I know quite a few data scientists that don't...and I think it too helpful of a tool to be ignored. Martinson provides a nice introduction into git and some of the more powerful commands. So, 'git' on onboard! - Katt Baum
Top 12 Open Source Machine Learning Projects of 2022 (so far)
This article lays out the top open source ml projects of the year so far. It is interesting to see what people in the industry are interested in. It is also evident that DALL-E has taken over the AI world in the past year. - Steven Johnson
The Data Business Partnership
Adam argues the need for "Data Business Partnership" roles, mirroring what some organizations already have for HR. The goal is to have someone embedded in the business unit that can facilitate communication and project structure between the data team to ensure everyone ends up with the right outcome. As organizations continue to grow, I think we'll see more new roles like this pop up to make sure that data is actually driving ROI. - Blake Burch
Why You Should Invest in Julia Now, as a Data Scientist
It really puts forward the excitement around Julia especially for data science. As I'm interested in new programming languages, I didn't realize all that Julia has to offer and will be looking into it. The article is a great reference point for other good resources. - Eric Elsken
5 Ways Your Data Could Be Inaccurate
This article walks through some common ways that data at your organization could be inaccurate. It's interesting that many of the ways are simple to fix if you look at your processes. - Steven Johnson
7 Best Practices for Data Ingestion
Most people think data ingestion is simple, but it's the little details that will get you if you're not careful. Saikat lays out some great tips to making sure your data ingestion goes smoothly. - Blake Burch