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Python Abstract Classes: A Comprehensive Guide with Examples

Jan 21, 2025 | datacamp.com | Derrick Mwiti

Learn about Python abstract classes, their purpose, and how to use the `abc` module to enforce consistent interfaces. Includes practical examples and best practices for effective implementation. Jan 22, 2025 · 10 min readTop Python CoursesGrow your data skills, discover how to manipulate and visualize data, and apply advanced analytics to make data-driven decisions.
Docker Compose vs Kubernetes: A Detailed Comparison

Jan 16, 2025 | datacamp.com | Derrick Mwiti

Feature/AspectDocker ComposeKubernetesPurposeManage multi-container Docker applications locally using a YAML file. Orchestrate containerized applications across multiple nodes in production. ComplexityEasy to set up and use, ideal for beginners and smaller projects. High learning curve with complex configurations, suited for experienced teams. ScalabilityLimited to single-host setups, not ideal for large-scale applications. Highly scalable with automatic load balancing and resource management.
Python Bag of Words Model: A Complete Guide

Nov 4, 2024 | datacamp.com | Derrick Mwiti

tutorialLearn all about the Python Dictionary and its potential. You will also learn how to create word frequency using the Dictionary. tutorialLearn how to build and evaluate a Naive Bayes Classifier using Python's Scikit-learn package. tutorialLearn how to perform Exploratory Data Analysis for Natural Language Processing using WordCloud in Python. tutorialPython NLTK (natural language toolkit) sentiment analysis tutorial. Learn how to create and develop sentiment analysis using Python.
How to deal with rejection when you start writing

Oct 31, 2024 | medium.com | Derrick Mwiti

and how to move onDerrick Mwiti·FollowPublished inThe Startup·4 min read·--Photo by Thought Catalog on UnsplashI got rejections from multiple publications. I didn’t know if I would ever get good at writing. Everyone wondered what this writing thing was all about, kept going, kept writing, and started getting writing jobs. I got a chance to work with great data scientists and editors who enabled me to improve my technical and writing skills.
The State of AI Report 2024

Oct 31, 2024 | towardsai.net | Derrick Mwiti

Last Updated on October 31, 2024 by Originally published on Towards AI. This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium. Photo by julien Tromeur on UnsplashThe “State of AI Report 2024” just dropped. Here are the biggest highlights. Let’s start with the most exciting part: research. AI has seen incredible developments across multiple fields.
The Rise of AI Scams

Oct 31, 2024 | towardsai.net | Derrick Mwiti

Last Updated on October 31, 2024 by Originally published on Towards AI. Discover the biggest AI scams of 2024This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium. Photo by Zanyar Ibrahim on UnsplashSome AI companies promised the future of AI, but instead delivered scams. And people lost millions. This article uncovers the dark truth behind how AI is being abused to deceive and ruin lives.
Technical Writing: Ultimate Beginners Guide

Oct 28, 2024 | medium.com | Derrick Mwiti

How to make money writingDerrick Mwiti·FollowPublished inThe Startup·10 min read·Jan 28, 2023--Photo by Thought Catalog on UnsplashI have created technical content for various companies over the last 5 years. Educating developers is how technology companies use to grow their communities. Developers hate being sold to, so this is the best way to get developers to use a company’s product. The product should solve a problem for the developer to convince them to try it.
Retrieval Augmented Generation

Oct 27, 2024 | towardsai.net | Derrick Mwiti

Last Updated on October 31, 2024 by Originally published on Towards AI. This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium. Photo by ZHENYU LUO on UnsplashRetrieving documents from external sources gives language models access to data that they didn’t see during training. Particularly for question-answering systems where you want the model to answer questions based on specific documents and not from its training corpus.
The Transformer Architecture

Oct 25, 2024 | towardsai.net | Derrick Mwiti

Last Updated on October 31, 2024 by Originally published on Towards AI. This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium. Photo by Samule Sun on UnsplashIn 2017, Ashish Vaswani et al wrote a paper that would change the natural language processing (NLP) scene forever, and most recently even computer vision. The authors proposed an efficient way to solve NLP problems without using Recurrent or Convolutional Neural Networks.
How to Fine-Tune Llama 2 With LoRA

Oct 22, 2024 | towardsai.net | Derrick Mwiti

Last Updated on November 3, 2024 by Originally published on Towards AI. This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium. Photo by Simon Wiedensohler on UnsplashUntil recently, fine-tuning large language models (LLMs) on a single GPU was a pipe dream. This is because of the large size of these models, leading to colossal memory and storage requirements. For example, you need 780 GB of GPU memory to fine-tune a Llama 65B parameter model.