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The mustard watch test for novel abstractions: chapeau.freevariable.com

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consumption carcass

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inside an electric violin (Laowa probe lens, focus-stacked)

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A worrying indicator of the decline of the open web: mu.willb.io

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A worrying indicator of the decline of the open web: mu.willb.io

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Code on slides: chapeau.freevariable.com

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Wrapping up: chapeau.freevariable.com

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The context behind algorithmic playlists: mu.willb.io

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The context behind algorithmic playlists: mu.willb.io

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apricari: afham.willb.io

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Accelerated single-node Kubernetes with microk8s, Kubeflow, and RAPIDS.ai: chapeau.freevariable.com

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Parquet interoperability across language ecosystems: chapeau.freevariable.com

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@andawea awesome post!

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quiet on State Street

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quiet on State Street

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broochrod (2021-01-02): afham.willb.io

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Cloud-native machine learning systems at day two and beyond: chapeau.freevariable.com

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Cloud-native machine learning systems at day two and beyond: localhost

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Mapping the territory for MLOps: chapeau.freevariable.com

","summary":"","url":"https://chapeau.freevariable.com/2020/10/mapping-mlops.html","date_published":"2020-10-24T02:05:18+00:00","author":{"name":"William Benton","url":"https://chapeau.freevariable.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fwillb%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"willb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-24 02:05","date_timestamp":1603505118,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10604822","content_html":"

Mapping the territory for MLOps: localhost

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When to leave the room: mu.willb.io

","summary":"","url":"https://mu.willb.io/2020/08/21/when-to-leave-the-room/","date_published":"2020-08-21T13:45:41+00:00","author":{"name":"William Benton","url":"https://chapeau.freevariable.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fwillb%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"willb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-08-21 13:45","date_timestamp":1598017541,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10138518","content_html":"

When to leave the room: mu.willb.io

","summary":"","url":"https://mu.willb.io/2020/08/21/when-to-leave.html","date_published":"2020-08-21T13:45:41+00:00","author":{"name":"William Benton","url":"https://chapeau.freevariable.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fwillb%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"willb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-08-21 13:45","date_timestamp":1598017541,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10558458","content_html":"

Machine learning systems and intelligent applications: chapeau.freevariable.com

","summary":"","url":"https://chapeau.freevariable.com/2020/04/intelligent-apps.html","date_published":"2020-04-27T19:23:23+00:00","author":{"name":"William Benton","url":"https://chapeau.freevariable.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fwillb%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"willb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-04-27 19:23","date_timestamp":1588015403,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10604821","content_html":"

Machine learning systems and intelligent applications: localhost

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Going beyond the basics with Altair: chapeau.freevariable.com

","summary":"","url":"https://chapeau.freevariable.com/2020/04/altair.html","date_published":"2020-04-13T18:45:52+00:00","author":{"name":"William Benton","url":"https://chapeau.freevariable.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fwillb%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"willb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-04-13 18:45","date_timestamp":1586803552,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10604820","content_html":"

Going beyond the basics with Altair: localhost

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@vasta thank you!

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@sanspoint Oh, that’s excellent.

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@ayjay It's good to be here! I'm hoping to use this site as an excuse to get back in to non-work-related blogging.

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@ayjay Wow, thanks for the link.

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@rickcogley thank you!

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@macgenie fantastic! I think there's real opportunity to take these themes farther.

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