How to Influence People’s Decisions: Notes on “Nudge”
Before diving into the details, let's talk about a social topic: organ donation. There are two main strategies used worldwide: Presumed consent — where you must opt out to avoid…
Notes on data engineering, books, and the ideas in between.
I'm Fengyu, a former Tencent engineer and product manager with a background in philosophy, now working in data science in Tokyo. I write plain-language explainers of data tools and notes on books that changed how I think.
Latest project: Safe Biking in Paris, a data pipeline and nudge-based policy ideas for safer cycling.
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All posts →Deep Learning for Protein Annotation
Note: This article explains the paper Using deep learning to annotate the protein universe and is based on a presentation prepared for the course “Machine Learning for…
Data Engineering Components: Apache Kafka Explained
It’s quite common to buy items online. But what processes are handled behind the scenes once an order is placed?
Data Engineering Components: Kubernetes Explained
Note: Kubernetes is a tool for orchestrating Docker containers. If you're not familiar with Docker, I recommend you read this article first.
Data Engineering Components: Terraform Explained
In summary, Terraform is a tool used to manage your cloud services.
Data Engineering Components: Docker Explained
Imagine you have developed a shopping web application, including a React-based frontend, a Python + Flask backend, and a PostgreSQL database, and you want to deploy it in a…
