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For nearly all of 2024 I spent no time using or thinking about AI. Thanks to a combination of generous maternity and unpaid leaves, for most of the year I focused on learning how to be a mom. As someone who had spent the better part of the last 12+ years immersed in tech, I was surprised to discover that during my few bits of free time I wanted nothing to do with it. Ok, that’s not entirely true.…
It’s been nearly 3 years since I moved into a software engineering role, so I’ve got some good perspective on what’s involved and how it compares to developer relations (DevRel). This post assumes you know a bit about each of these roles. What motivated me to move into engineering? Most of my career decisions thus far have been motivated by a desire to fill knowledge gaps, keep learning, and do…
In those first few months of motherhood, I could usually be found walking around in a bra that allowed me to extract my boobs at a moment’s notice. It would only be a matter of time until they needed to be hooked up to a machine again while I awkwardly walked around trying to do things with two bottles hanging from my chest. My breasts felt distant from my body, more like a device permanently…
When I hit publish on my last post I had no idea it would be 4+ years before I’d blog again. Oops! I suppose that’s how things go sometimes. I didn’t stop blogging intentionally, I got busy with life things: in that time I got married, had a baby, and changed job roles. In the last few months I’ve realized I miss writing so I’ve decided to bring the blog back. Restarting this blog required quite a…
tl;dr - I co-authored an O’Reilly book with my colleagues Lak and Mike ! You can order it here and 100% of the royalties go to Girls Who Code . This post is about the writing process. Deciding to write Back in January of this year, Lak graciously reached out to me asking if I was interested in co-writing an O’Reilly book on machine learning. As I read the email, my reaction was almost an immediate…
In case you missed it, I built an ML demo for the Google Cloud Next OnAir Hands-On Keynote . For the demo, I trained a machine learning model with AutoML Tables to predict whether a credit card transaction was fraudulent. Then I deployed the model and called it via Cloud Run. The demo has a little cake-related surprise. I won’t totally spill the beans here – you gotta watch the keynote to find…
In this post I’ll show you how to ping your AutoML models from a container using Cloud Run. I’m using an AutoML model here but the approach I’m describing works with any model: There’s a lot of content on training and optimizing ML models, but I’ve noticed less guidance on what happens after training. Productionizing and maintaining models (known as MLOps ) is just as important, and this is an…
I am pacing backstage, a thin curtain separating me from seven thousand people. In less than an hour, they’ll all be looking at me. I try not to think about it. A few people comment on my “calm demeanor.” I almost laugh because there’s a battle raging in my head. Is it a skill to appear cool and collected when your thoughts are the opposite? I’m not sure. There are two voices fighting for my…
Like many people, I’ve been entertaining myself at home by baking a ton and talking about my sourdough starter as if it were a real person. I’m pretty good at following recipes, but I decided I wanted to take things one step further and understand the science behind what differentiates a cake from a bread or a cookie. I also like machine learning so I thought: what if I could combine it with…
When I had given up on falling in love, I found myself on an elevator at Heathrow airport with my parents. We were returning home from a family vacation in the UK, during which many of our conversations circled back to my dating situation. Or lack thereof. After one too many less than mediocre dating experiences, I did what any logical person would do and came up with a list of requirements for my…