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Understanding the Machine Learning Lifecycle: Training, Validation, Testing, Deployment, and Inference Ever trained a machine learning model and wondered, "Okay… now what?" You import your libraries,
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I Scored a 612 on AWS ML Engineer Associate (Passing is 720). Here's the AI Prep Pipeline I'm Building So It Doesn't Happen Again.
I sat MLA-C02 and scored a 612. Passing is 720. On paper, that's a fail. But here's the part I'm actually proud of: I never watched a single minute of the Udemy course that came with my practice quest
The Room You Walk Into
A few weeks ago I taught a prompt engineering workshop to a room of high school students in Kinston, North Carolina. One of them told me AI felt intimidating. Another said he uses it every day but has
Hello_LLM: Calling Claude from Python, C#, and R — Why Biotech Engineers Need All Three
The Problem You've trained a protein-folding model in Python. The biotech company's lab management system runs on C#. Your statistical validation team works in R. You need to call Claude across all th
PyTorch Zero to One: Why I Built a CNN from Scratch (and What It Taught Me That Transfer Learning Wouldn't)
Part 2 of an ongoing series documenting my hands-on journey into deep learning as a software engineer transitioning into AI Engineering. In Part 1, I broke down tensors, matrix math, and the shape e
PyTorch Zero to One: Tensors, Matrix Math, and Why Shape Errors Will Humble You
Part 1 of an ongoing series documenting my hands-on journey into PyTorch and deep learning as a software engineer transitioning into AI Engineering. Why I'm Writing This I'm a full-stack software en
FBP (Fat Polar Bears): The Ice Breaker Strategy for Tech Conversations
Ever walked into a networking event, conference, or Slack channel and frozen up? You know you should jump into the conversation, but your brain goes blank. I've been there. Standing in the corner at a tech meetup, watching people discuss frameworks I...
Mastering Control Flow: switch vs if-else in C#
🔁 Use switch when... ✅ You’re comparing one variable against multiple constant values ✅ The values are discrete and predictable (e.g., strings, integers, enums) ✅ You want cleaner, more readable branching than a long chain of if-else if 🔧 Exam...
🔧 C# Classes, Constructors & Instances — A Mechanic's Guide to OOP
As a former mechanic turned developer, one of the ways I learned to understand object-oriented programming in C# was by treating it like working in a garage. If you've ever fixed up a car, built an engine, or diagnosed why something won’t start, you ...