Hi there!
I’m Alex Gude, a machine learning engineer with a passion for plots and algorithms, as well as cycling and photography. I got my start in the tech industry at Insight Data Science, after previously working as a high energy particle physicist at CERN and a cosmologist at Lawrence Berkeley Labs.
I write about whatever catches my attention here on this site; mostly that means data science, machine learning, deep learning, and software development. Follow me on BlueSky for real-time thoughts, and check out my Github page for code—bug reports and pull requests are always welcome!
Recent Writings
I write articles about machine learning, data science, and technology, as well as book reviews. You can find a sample of my most recent writings below:
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AccelerandoAccelerando, by , is a hard sci-fi fix-up novel. Originally published as 9 separate stories, it follows 3 generations of the Macx family as they upload, fork, merge, and scatter across a solar system slowly being converted into computronium.
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Field of DishonorField of Dishonor, by , is the fourth book in the Honor Harrington series. It reduces the scale of the narrative, trading fleet battles for political maneuvering and personal grudges.
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The Short Victorious WarThe Short Victorious War, by , is the third book in the Honor Harrington series. Harrington takes command of the battlecruiser Nike as the People’s Republic of Haven makes its move and a revolution brews in Nouveau Paris.
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The Honor of the QueenThe Honor of the Queen, by , is the second book in the Honor Harrington series. Harrington must forge an alliance with Grayson, a planet of religious conservatives who don’t believe women belong in uniform, while Haven plots to stop her.
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Red RisingRed Rising, by , is the first book in the Red Rising Trilogy. It follows Darrow, a Red miner on Mars who discovers his entire caste has been enslaved, and joins a revolution by infiltrating the Gold ruling class.