Book Review — Learning React — 2nd Edition by Alex Banks and Eve Porcello I enjoyed learning from this book but overall I got the feeling that the authors lost steam towards the end and were trying to complete the book in a hurry before the deadline. The 2nd chapter in this book that deals Javascript basics one needs to know for learning React…

100 Days Of Code Github Wall My experience with the #100DaysOfCode Challenge Motivation I decided to try the #100DaysOfCode Challenge for a couple of reasons. First, to see how I would manage this and secondly to complete items that were languishing due to low motivation. I did not tweet daily as is generally recommended. For me…

I have been fascinated by the idea of chaos theory since I read about the butterfly effect. I read some more about it in the book ‘Chaos’ by James Gleick including about the Mandelbrot. …

Book Review — Building Machine Learning Powered Applications by Emmanuel Ameisen I found this book a bit frustrating to follow. Wherever the code is shown in the book and a link provided — it is to the main github repo and not to the individual jupyter notebook or python code…

Milestones / Accomplishments of year 2020 Certifications - VCA-DBT Certification VCP — vSphere Fundamentals VCP Cloud Management and Automation Projects - Self-updating readme, tech blog, analytics, TILs (all using only github) Hacktoberfest Calendar 2021 Study - Python Machine Learning by Sebastian Raschka Hands on Machine Learning by Aurelien Geron Grokking Deep Learning by Andrew Trask Grokking Algorithms by Aditya Bhargava

Book Review — Zero to One： Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel & Blake Masters I have a mixed view of this book. On one hand I loved the simple questions that any person who wants to build a start-up should consider. The questions seem simple; they are not simplistic. On the other hand — I expected more depth. More examples and more rigorous study…

The word ‘grokking’ refers to ‘understand (something) intuitively or by empathy’ and it is the intuition part that this book attempts to impart via some really awesome illustrations. First off — this is not a book for people who have completed Computer Science or have learnt algorithms. …

Math is stranger than fiction and this book is filled with the many curiosities of the math world. It contains a glimpse into its intriguing lanes in an entertaining manner along with optional hands-on activities to enjoy. Each chapter is not so much in depth that it is akin to…