Posts on @anuj

The mountains are calling

Sun, 24 Jul 2022 07:23:13 -0700

Picked this little guy up recently. The mountains are calling.

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine into trees.

John Muir

Deep Learning Recession

Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Despite the excitement around GPT-3, there’s been surprisingly little hype (read as: large corporate marketing) on the topic of AI/ML.

Apropos of nothing, Francois Cholllet posted on Twitter that there’s been a sharp decline in Deep Learning job postings. The link to the tweet, as well as the HN discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24330326

After attending NeurIPS 2019, I too walked away with a strong thesis that ML/DL is experiencing a local minima. Or in hype cycle parlance, a “trough of disillusionment.”

Reverse Resume

Thu, 27 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Inspired by Dave Cahill’s post on his Reverse Resume I thought it was an interesting time to reflect on my own journey. I particularly like that it helps to capture the non-linear and unique experiences that are often omitted in one’s journey.

So here we go —

I grew up poor. Life was full of scarcity. I knew I wanted to remove that scarcity from life, and the only path I knew out was to become a Medical Doctor, so I pursued a dual degree in Virology and Biochemistry. Then two crazy things happened:

Focus

Wed, 29 Jan 2020 13:55:00 -0800

Built myself a quick little focus bash function that displays a timer, blocks out distractions, and logs time spent 🚀

Usage:

    focus 15m "Work on Azure"

Podcast w/ Derek Russell

Wed, 09 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Had the pleasure of a delightful and engaging conversation with Derek Russell on the Data Binge Podcast.

Topics:

Software and leveraged activities
Culture and places
AI and Mixed Reality
Thoughtfulness in human connection

This inspired me to consider starting my own short form podcast, meaning roughly ~10min. Would love to hear from you on topics that you might find interesting.

Gratitude

Fri, 12 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Gratitude is the best preparation for uncertainty.

self.blog.restart()

Thu, 10 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000

A rainy day in San Francisco. A good day to blog.