# Writings
Below you can find my writings on machine learning, data science, and
technology. Enjoy!
- [My Second Son's Language Development](/blog/my-second-sons-words/): My second son is a little over two years old. We tracked every word he's spoken to watch his language development, and now you can observe it too!
- [Get Things Done by Tracking Them](/blog/getting-things-done/): As I've gotten more senior as a data scientist, I've found I have to keep track of more and more things. This is how I do it!
- [Improving Wikipedia's Tour de France Prize Money Plot](/blog/tdf-prize-money-plot-improvements/): Time to improve another plot from Wikipedia. This time I tackle one showing the prize money in the Tour de France over time!
- [Interview Question: What Machine Learning Metric to Use](/blog/machine-learning-metrics-interview/): One of my favorite questions to ask in an interview is "What metric should you use to decide if your model works?". Read on to find out what a good answer looks like!
- [Using Travis Build Stages to Test Multiple Python Versions and Publish to Pypi](/blog/python-pypi-and-travis-staging/): Often when building packages, we want to test against multiple versions of the language, and then build the package once. I will show you how to accomplish this using Travis Stages.
- [Plotting the 2019 Tour de France](/blog/2019-tour-de-france-plot/): The Tour de France is a sporting event decided by mere minutes; to see exactly how those minutes were earned, read on for my plots!
- [Improving Wikipedia's Hour Record Plot](/blog/hour-record-plot-improvements/): I love Wikipedia, I love cycling, and I love data! So today, I improve Wikipedia's Hour Record Plot! Come take a look!
- [Wayback Machine Archiver: Backup Pages with Python](/blog/wayback-machine-archiver/): The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine tries to keep a complete copy of the internet. With this script, you can submit pages for effortless indexing.
- [The Gender Pay Gap in Data Science Salaries](/blog/data-science-salaries-by-gender/): How do the salaries of women data scientists compare to those of men? This month we explore pay by gender and location.
- [Python Patterns: @total_ordering](/blog/python-patterns-total-ordering/): Your classes can make use of the rich Python comparison operators just like the built-in classes. Here I'll show you how to do it while minimizing boilerplate.