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ML Jargon Glossary Pt. 1
My list of ML Jargon that I forget too often than I probably should...
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PyTorch Basics
Datasets and DataLoaders: Part 2
What are PyTorch DataLoaders? Why do we need them?
PyTorch Basics
Datasets and DataLoaders: Part 1
What is a PyTorch Dataset? What's its purpose? Why does it matter?
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Authentication & Authorization (ft. Amazon Cognito)
This post was originally written on August 6, 2025 TL;DR * Authentication is the process of proving who you are to the system you want to access. * An Identity Provider (IdP) is a trusted service that authenticates users and shares the verified identity information with applications that rely on it
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Containerization Pt. 2
This post was originally written on July 25, 2025 Intro In my last post, I wrote about physical servers, virtual machines, and a brief intro to containers. Well, that wasn’t my initial plan. You see, I was going to go straight into containers, write an entire post about it,
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Containerization Pt. 1
What issues does containerization help solve?
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Apache Kafka
Getting nitpicky with the Internet's definition of Apache Kafka
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Data Warehouse VS. Data Lake
An overview of data lakes and data warehouses, and the services provided by AWS
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Big Data & 5Vs - Part 2
Velocity, Veracity, and Value
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Big Data & 5Vs - Part 1
This post was originally written in April 19, 2025 Intro When I hear “big data” I get flashbacks to 2016, when I was preparing for a high school interview[1]. Every week, the teachers in our grade took turns gathering the 10-ish students who were prepping for the same school
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The Data Engineer's Workflow & AWS Services
This post was originally written on April 15, 2025 The Data Engineer A data engineer is responsible for collecting data, transforming it into a useful format, then serving it to their stakeholders. They are tasked with building the platforms and infrastructure necessary to extract insights from raw data. The Workflow
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Relearning REST APIs
This post was written on April 14, 2025. In my old blog's "About" post, I mentioned I would use my blog to share my learnings about AI/ML, thus the intro is written the way you see it. Intro So if you read my about page,