Why a blog?
There are a couple of reasons why I am writing here:
- Writing is a great thinking tool. 30%–50% of my ideas come during the process of writing. Sharing notes in public forces me to put more effort into my writing which I hope benefits my thinking.
- Sometimes I can’t find the solution for a technical problem online. So I am sharing the solution here to save you and future me some time.
- I stole the idea of today-I-learned notes from Simon Willison . It’s a regular reminder that I want keep learning new things, even if they are small.
On the pre-social-media internet that I grew up with it was common for people to have quirky personal websites. I find it incredible that I can pull up a text editor, use some basic HTML, and publish whatever I want for everyone to see on the internet. With this blog I want to make a small contribution to an open, non-monetized, and decentralized internet.
What do you intend to write about?
I am sharing my book notes, technical today-I-learned notes, and observations from my day-to-day job of running a data team. Please reach out if you have any comments or thoughts on any my writings.
Are you real or is this written by an LLM?
I believe that in the future the majority of internet content will be written by LLMs and people will have a hard time trusting online content. I spent some time thinking about how best to prove that I am a human being and no LLMs were used to write content for this blog. I couldn’t come up with a great trustless solution, but I hope that for at least some time LLMs won’t be able to write a meta-paragraph like this.
Who are you?
I am in my thirties and live in the UK with my partner. I have also spent some time living in the US and Spain. A while ago I completed a PhD at an old English university. I am now managing a data team (data scientists, engineers, and analysts) at a small company.
I enjoy learning new things. Currently:
- leisurely: chess, long-distance swimming
- professionally: simple applications of Bayesian inference methods and data engineering tools
I also enjoy espresso, complicated board games, long hikes, road cycling, running, and choir singing.
Rob