Writing

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causal-inferenceVia Medium

InferGo: Run ML Inference in Go Without Python in Production

Go gopher receiving the exported bundle from the python to use in the runtime engine.Introducing a small Go-native toolkit for embedding model inference directly in backend services — no Python dependencies at runtime. I

May 4, 20269 min
Communication

Why your best engineering writing is for an audience of one

The most useful documentation I have written this year is for a project that has not shipped publicly yet. Three markdown files at the root of an open-source repo most readers will not see for another six months.

Apr 27, 20267 min
CommunicationVia Medium

Most engineering writing is for the wrong reader

The reviewer reads it once. The merge bot doesn't read it at all. Future-you reads it forever. Pick the longer-running reader.

Apr 27, 20268 min
Career

What staff-level judgment actually looks like

It's less about technical complexity and more about which problems you choose to solve — and which you let slide.

Mar 10, 20265 min
Communication

Why I write as an engineer (and you probably should too)

Writing in public sharpens thinking. It also compounds in ways the resume never will.

Jan 22, 20264 min
picturesVia Medium

Have You Pictured Your Life?

jatto sakeenah picturing her lifeJatto Sakeenah gradually turning me into a poet. Be inspired by what you read and picture your own life.My own pictorial dia-poem. — — — — — — — — — I am torn in the quest to picture my L

Jun 16, 20191 min
slackVia Medium

How to Build A Task Notification Bot for Slack with Python (Part 4) — Hosting and Testing

Photo of servers by imgix on UnsplashWe have gotten to the final stage of the tutorial series. The part 1 was used to structure our app and setup some necessary helper methods. In the part 2, we built the webhook of our

Jul 24, 20184 min
flaskVia Medium

How to Build A Task Notification Bot for Slack with Python (Part 3)

Part 2 of this tutorial series, was used to write our application webhook. In this part, we will be building out our slash commands. “A robot named Pepper holding an iPad” by Alex Knight on UnsplashOur Slash Command In o

Jul 24, 20186 min
pythonVia Medium

How to Build A Task Notification Bot for Slack with Python (Part 2)

In Part 1 of this series, we structured our application and built the necessary helper files and methods. Now we will be moving onto the next step which will be to create our Webhook. Slack integrations search background

Jul 17, 20185 min
pythonVia Medium

How to Build A Task Notification Bot for Slack with Python (Part 1)

“Slack bot background on a chatbotslife article” by Vic Yankoff marked as “reusable” on Google.I built a Slack bot that automates the process of notifying members of tasks assigned to them in a group or team. These tasks

Jul 17, 20188 min
experienceVia Medium

How I adapted to the Andela Change!

The all-anticipated Change Dole!(meaning “compulsory change”) — is really the slogan of the today’s administration. Well, Change is a const that doesn’t change. Change comes in several ways. It could be good, it could be

Jul 10, 20172 min
andela-bootcamp-nigeriaVia Medium

My Experience In Boot Camp So Far…

It has only been four days since we started the Andela Cycle 24 Boot Camp, but the knowledge I have acquired over this short period of time is quite enormous. my participation in this boot camp is one of the best things

Jul 6, 20174 min
bootcampVia Medium

My Most Recent Challenging Learning Experience

I was beyond excited when I got the invite into the two weeks Andela Boot Camp. The anxiety of expectations was already consuming me some days after the in-person interview. I wasn’t patient. My desire to join Andela was

Jul 3, 20172 min