Hi, I'm Ryan Fox.

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Adding tasks quickly through Notion

Adding tasks quickly through Notion

One of my favourite apps for productivity on the Mac is Alfred. It’s a suped up version of Spotlight or for the windows comparison it’s like the Wi...

What is the Central Limit Theorem?

What is the Central Limit Theorem?

The Central Limit Theorem is such an important and fundamental theorem of probability and statistics that it pops up all over the place. You’ll see...

Disaster Response Classification API

Disaster Response Classification API

Taking a dataset from Appen containing 30,000 messages received during disasters in the last few decades, I created a machine learning pipeline to ...

COVID-19 Flask dashboard to assess the situation in the UK and France

COVID-19 Flask dashboard to assess the situation in the UK and France

Like everyone, and maybe more than most, I’ve been following closely along with news of lockdowns, waves, travel corridors, tier systems and all th...

Docker images vs. containers - how I explained it to myself

Docker images vs. containers - how I explained it to myself

I used Docker and containers recently as a way to simplify deploying web apps on cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform. I kind of hacked my...

Want to read more? Six tips to help you enjoy more books

Want to read more? Six tips to help you enjoy more books

I love talking about reading. I’m not talking about reading specific books but the actual hobby of reading. I love to discuss people’s reading rout...

What price should you charge for your Airbnb?

What price should you charge for your Airbnb?

Maybe you have a place that you’re fortunate enough to be able to potentially put on Airbnb but you’re not sure if it’s worth the hassle. With Airb...

Am I predictable in how I rate books?

Am I predictable in how I rate books?

I’ve been using Goodreads consistently for the last 8 years to line up future reads and rate books I’ve read. Recently, I exported these 8 years’ w...

Creating an AB test calculator with both Frequentist and Bayesian approaches

Creating an AB test calculator with both Frequentist and Bayesian approaches

Statistical analysis is more than a set of computations This is one of the “Ten simple rules for effective statistical practice” outlined by a...