Author: Mervin McDougall

  • Determining the quantity of weights and biases in an ANN

    I have created this example to remind myself of how to go about determining the weights and biases in an Artificial Neural Network (ANN). Calculating this is not something I regularly do. So, this is just a quick refresher in case I forget. Let’s get to it! Imagine we are going to feed 2 inputs…

  • Improving CI/CD with Snyk

    CI/CD – Continuous Integration/ Continuous Deployment (Delivery) – is an approach to development that helps expedite the process of developing software with a large code base and multiple contributors while reducing errors. It accomplishes this by automating the process of integrating the code of different contributors and performing unit tests, ensuring that the code is…

  • Q Developer from Amazon

    Do you remember the techie who appeared on all the old James Bond films? He went by the name “Q”, short but simple. Well, Amazon has taken the name and used it for its new generative AI tool which acts as your coding buddy. I am talking about Q Developer from Amazon. The product has…

  • Hello world!

    I know the title is cliche but I couldn’t help myself. Hello from Jan 1, 2024. Later this month I start my second semester of my Masters in Data Science. So far it has been a whirlwind of new concepts and experiences. For 2023, my favorite words would have to be Local Optima. It captures…