The Other Thing Turing Invented

Posted on Mon 25 May 2026 in Blog • Tagged with mathematics, simulation, biology, javascript

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Everyone knows Turing cracked Enigma and defined computation. Fewer know he also explained why leopards have spots.


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The Observability Layer

Posted on Sun 22 March 2026 in Python • Tagged with development, change_seams

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Part of the Change Seams series - Instrument once, export anywhere..


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The Tool Contract Layer

Posted on Wed 04 March 2026 in Python • Tagged with development, change_seams

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Part of the Change Seams series - why args_schema is the most important five lines in your tool definition, and how a contract layer survives model upgrades.


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Designing for Model Swaps

Posted on Wed 25 February 2026 in Python • Tagged with development, change_seams

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Part of the Change Seams series - architecture patterns for LLM applications that survive the real world.


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While Loops and Life Hacks

Posted on Sat 06 January 2024 in Python • Tagged with development

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Applying Software Engineering Principles to Everyday Challenges


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Fun with Vector Databases

Posted on Thu 23 March 2023 in Python • Tagged with database

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Fun with vector databases


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Sweet data science reads

Posted on Sun 15 January 2023 in Python • Tagged with books

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Sweet reading list for data scientists


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Testing pyspark with pytest

Posted on Sun 15 January 2023 in Python • Tagged with spark, pyspark, pytest, testing

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Automate testing for pyspark applications using pytest. Includes use of markers and fixtures.


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Give it a kick and see what falls off

Posted on Sun 08 January 2023 in Blog • Tagged with Blog, Repair

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Test post to fix various bugs and generally update the site.


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NLP Topic Modelling

Posted on Sat 19 January 2019 in ML • Tagged with NLP, ML, Topic_Modelling

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Topic modelling of a set of documents using NLP and Latent Dirichlet Allocation.


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