The MLOps Podcast

In this episode, I speak with Logan Kilpatrick, Julia Language Developer Community Advocate. We talk about machine learning at NASA and how he discovered Julia as a student, the age-old Julia vs. Python debate, and how to get into a new scientific and technical field.  It was absolutely awesome! Check it out.   Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kgRN8hJIro Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/tEYvqxwhah Relevant Links:   ➡️ Logan Kilpatrick on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/logankilpatrick/ ➡️ Logan Kilpatrick on Twitter – https://twitter.com/OfficialLoganK ➡️ Julia Language on Twitter – https://twitter.com/JuliaLanguage  Recommendation Links:  📚 Three-Body Problem Series: https://www.amazon.com/Three-Body-Problem-Cixin-Liu/dp/0765382032 📹 13 Lives on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12262116/    🌐 Check Out Our Website! https://dagshub.com    Social Links:   ➡️ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dagshub   ➡️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheRealDAGsHub   ➡️ Dean Pleban: https://twitter.com/DeanPlbn

In this episode, I speak with Guy Smoilovsky, my friend, Co-Founder, and the CTO of DagsHub. We talk about quantum computing and AGI, concrete approaches for automating ML deployment, and how DagsHub came to be.   Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67dByhXPT5g Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/tEYvqxwhah  Relevant Links:   ➡️ Guy Smoilovsky on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/guy-smoilovsky/ ➡️ Guy Smoilovsky on Twitter – https://twitter.com/Guy_T_Sky/ TDD in machine learning – https://towardsdatascience.com/tdd-datascience-689c98492fcc  Recommendation Links:  Astral Codex Ten – https://astralcodexten.substack.com/ Don't Worry About the Vase – https://thezvi.wordpress.com/ The Sandman – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1751634/ Lady Silver – https://www.ladysilverband.com/  🌐 Check Out Our Website! https://dagshub.com    Social Links:   ➡️ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dagshub  ➡️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheRealDAGsHub   ➡️ Dean Pleban: https://twitter.com/DeanPlbn

In this episode, I speak with Dean Langsam, Data Scientist at SentinelOne and one of the organizers of PyData in Israel. We chat about imposter syndrome, the best field in machine learning, why XGBoost is the best model, and the fact that most organizations have too much data.  It was fascinating for me, so I hope you enjoy it too.   🎬 Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akz_PpDdLlQ Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/tEYvqxwhah Relevant Links:  ⭐️ Join PyData Tel Aviv: https://pydata.org/telaviv2022/ ⭐️ ➡️ Dean Langsam on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/deanla/ ➡️ Dean Langsam on Twitter – https://twitter.com/dean_la  Recommendation Links:   🌐 Check Out Our Website! https://dagshub.com    Social Links:   ➡️ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dagshub   ➡️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheRealDAGsHub   ➡️ Dean Pleban: https://twitter.com/DeanPlbn

In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Jacopo Tagliabue, Director of AI at Coveo. We talk about Reasonable Scale MLOps, how to approach building your ML platform, and how quickly you might hit the limits of model deployment (hint: it's pretty surprising) Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/tEYvqxwhah Relevant Links: ➡️ Jacopo on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacopotagliabue/ ➡️ Jacopo on Twitter – https://twitter.com/jacopotagliabue Recommendation Links: 📺The Boys – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190634/ 📚Gödel, Escher, Bach – https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24113.G_del_Escher_Bach 📚The Three-Body Problem – https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20518872-the-three-body-problem 🌐 Check Out Our Website! https://dagshub.com Social Links: ➡️ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dagshub ➡️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheRealDAGsHub ➡️ Dean Pleban: https://twitter.com/DeanPlbn

In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Goku Mohandas, founder of Made With ML. Goku has an incredible amount of experience building and teaching the community about machine learning and MLOps systems. We dive into system thinking and solving for ML workflows, his journey in the machine learning world, and how he chooses what to learn next. We discuss the most common mistakes he's seen in productionizing ML models and why building models no one will use is not necessarily bad.   Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/tEYvqxwhah Relevant Links:   🤩 Check out Made With ML and thank us later – https://madewithml.com/ ➡️ Goku on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/goku/ ➡️ Goku on Twitter – https://twitter.com/gokumohandas  🌐 Check Out Our Website! https://dagshub.com    Social Links:   ➡️ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dagshub   ➡️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheRealDAGsHub   ➡️ Dean Pleban: https://twitter.com/DeanPlbn

In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Kyle Gallatin, a Machine Learning Software Engineer at Etsy. We talk about how he built the machine learning platform at Etsy, experimentation in production (yes, you heard right), and how to optimize model performance at very large scales.  It was awesome, and I'm sure many of you can learn a ton from this one!   Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/tEYvqxwhah Relevant Links:   ➡️ Kyle on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylegallatin/  🌐Check Out Our Website! https://dagshub.com    Social Links:   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dagshub   Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheRealDAGsHub   Dean Pleban: https://twitter.com/DeanPlbn

In this episode, I'm speaking with Charlene Chambliss, Software Engineer at Aquarium. Charlene has vast experience getting NLP models to production. We dive into the intricacies of these models and how they differ from other ML subfields, the challenges in productionizing them, and how to get excited about data quality issues.   Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/tEYvqxwhah Relevant Links:  ➡️Charlene on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlenechambliss/ ➡️Charlene on Twitter – https://twitter.com/blissfulchar  Recommendations:  🎬3blue1brown – Awesome YouTube channel about math & science: https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown  🎙NLP Highlights – Allen AI Insititute podcast about NLP research: https://soundcloud.com/nlp-highlights  🎙Software engineering daily: https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/  🎙TWiML – Another great podcast about machine learning and AI: https://twimlai.com/  📰Sebastian Ruder's blog and newsletter about NLP and ML: https://ruder.io/  📰Taming the Tail: Adventures in Improving AI Economics: https://a16z.com/2020/08/12/taming-the-tail-adventures-in-improving-ai-economics/  📰State of AI report (2021): https://www.stateof.ai/  📕Learn to learn – Ultralearning by Scott Young: https://www.scotthyoung.com/  🌐Check Out Our Website! https://dagshub.com    Social Links:  🟦LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dagshub   🐦Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheRealDAGsHub   🐦Dean Pleban: https://twitter.com/DeanPlbn

In this episode, I'm speaking with the one and only, Yannic Kilcher! We talk about sunglasses 😎, the value and methodologies behind taking complex machine learning research, and making the idea accessible and digestible. We also discuss reproducibility in machine learning and the moving between research and entrepreneurship.   If you haven't seen his videos you should definitely check them out on his YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/YannicKilcher).   Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/tEYvqxwhah ---  Relevant Links:  ➡️Yannics's amazing YouTube channel – https://www.youtube.com/c/YannicKilcher ➡️Yannic on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/ykilcher/ ➡️Yannic on Twitter – https://twitter.com/ykilcher  Recommendations:  🎬Veritasium – YouTube channel about science with really good explanations about complex topics: https://www.youtube.com/c/veritasium 📖The Fifth Season – Good sci-fi fantasy book: https://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Season-Broken-Earth/dp/0316229296  🌐Check Out Our Website! https://dagshub.com Social  Links:  ➡️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dagshub ➡️Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheRealDAGsHub ➡️Dean PlbnTwitter: https://twitter.com/DeanPlbn

In this episode, we dive into the challenging but very important topic of getting data scientists to write better code. How to approach complex machine learning projects and break them down, and why growing unicorns 🦄 is better than hunting them. Check out this is an awesome conversation with Laszlo Sragner, Founder at 🔥 Hypergolic.   Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/tEYvqxwhah ---  Timestamps:  00:00 Podcast intro  01:00 Guest introduction  02:34 Why is writing better code important for data scientists?   03:40 How to improve your code  08:17 Don't be afraid of your code.  10:42 Breaking experiments into manageable pieces  12:35 How did your past experiences teach you to strive for better code?  15:21 Proving better code is worth it  18:07 What could be adopted from software development  23:06 What's the most interesting/challenging part of taking models to production?  27:12 What is the hardest part about building a machine learning model?  29:30 How it looks when it works well – a detailed example  36:23 The difference in writing better code in smaller startups compared to larger organizations  39:18 Laszlo's process for the first iteration in a machine learning project  44:33 Breaking data problems down into vertical slices  47:55 End-To-End Platforms vs. Best-of-breed tools  50:30 Obligatory job title discussion...  53:30 Hunting for data science unicorns  56:33 Traits to look for when building a data science team  58:30 Build vs. Buy? What's better?  59:56 What is the most exciting trend in ML and MLOps?  1:00:47 How do you stay up to date?  1:01:40 Recommendations for the audience ---  Relevant Links:  ➡️Laszlo's awesome substack – https://laszlo.substack.com/ ➡️Laszlo's LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/laszlosragner/ ➡️Laszlo's Twitter – https://twitter.com/xLaszlo  Recommendations: 👀Explore/Expand/Extract by Kent Beck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlJN6_4yI2A 👩‍💻Code Quality – Refactoring by Martin Fowler: https://martinfowler.com/books/refactoring.html 📐Geometric Deep Learning by Bronstein/Velickovic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h6MbQ_65-o   ✍️Online Writing by Nicolas Cole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od5J2V-Lmlg 📕The Last Shadow by Orson Scott Card: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/7108926-the-last-shadow 🎬7 minutes, 26 seconds, and the Fundamental Theorem of Agile Software Development: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSes_PexXcA  🌐Check Out Our Website! https://dagshub.com  Social Links: ➡️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dagshub ➡️Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheRealDAGsHub ➡️Dean PlbnTwitter: https://twitter.com/DeanPlbn

In this episode, I'm speaking with Lee Harper, Principal Data Scientist at Catapult Systems. Lee holds a Ph.D. in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Lee is a teacher-turned-data scientist. We cover the various entry paths into the world of data science, the value of background diversity, security in ML production, and even AI fairness.   Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/tEYvqxwhah  ---  Timestamps:  00:00 Podcast intro  01:00 Guest introduction  01:39 How did you get into the fields of data science and machine learning?  05:04 Coding boot camps vs. academia & diversity of backgrounds in ML  09:37 How does the process of bringing your work into production change over the years?  13:02 How has the change in the languages used for data science affected production processes?  16:01 How do you accelerate the timeframes for getting from POC to production in ML?  18:19 Do data scientists reinvent the wheel more often than software developers, and why?  22:14 The value of learning how to Google  23:00 Recurring themes, challenges, and common issues in data science  27:50 Solving for security in ML in production  31:57 ML security considerations for startups  34:30 Data security considerations in ML  35:18 What is the most interesting topic in machine learning right now?  38:05 ML fairness, bias, and responsible AI  41:44 What does it mean to build a fair or unbiased model?  47:15 If you had to choose one challenge in bringing models to production, what would it be?  51:00 What are the tools and processes that you use to make the transition to production easier?  55:35 About "vendor lock-in"  58:00 Your favorite tool recommendations  1:03:35 Recommendations for the audience  ---  Relevant Links:  Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible – https://www.amazon.com/Linux-Command-Shell-Scripting-Bible/dp/1119700914 Project Hail Mary – https://www.amazon.com/Project-Hail-Mary-Andy-Weir/dp/0593135202  Social Links:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/dagshub/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/catapult-systems/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/leeharper2425/ https://twitter.com/DeanPlbn https://twitter.com/TheRealDAGsHub