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Welcome to DataDelver! If you're new to the blog, this page will help you find your way through the labyrinth. Below you'll find a curated guide to the content organized by theme so you can jump right into what interests you most.

Featured Series

Modern ML Microservices

The flagship series on this blog — a comprehensive, multi-part guide to building ML applications using modern microservices principles. Each post builds on the previous ones, covering everything from environment setup through production deployment.

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Industry Perspectives

Thought pieces on what it's really like working in data science and ML engineering in industry.

The ML Engineer, Coming to an Enterprise Near You — What is an ML engineer and why are enterprises taking notice?
Data Science, An Industry Perspective — The differences between practicing data science in academia vs industry
The Challenges of AI in Industry — Real-world challenges when integrating AI into business workflows
Reflections on a Job Quest — Lessons learned from the ML engineer job search

Getting Started with ML Engineering

Foundational posts for anyone looking to level up their ML engineering skills.

The (Hidden) Danger of Notebooks in Production — Why Jupyter notebooks aren't enough for production ML
My Recommended Machine Learning & Data Science Resources — Curated learning resources for data science and ML

Tutorials & Tools

Hands-on guides for practical tools and techniques.

A Local Claude Code — Setting up Claude Code with a local LLM via Ollama
A Local Claude Code Redux — Updated guide with improvements and new features
Fun Linux Utilities — Command line tools that make your life easier

Fun Projects

Explorations of interesting hardware and software projects.

The Quest for a Full Screen Raspberry Pi Application — Building a kiosk-mode application on Raspberry Pi
The Quest for a Full Screen Raspberry Pi Application - Part 2 — Continuing the Raspberry Pi journey