Just a quick note: The writings on this blog are my personal opinions only. They do not reflect the views of my employer or anyone else. This space is, for me, a place to document my journey, both technically, psychologically, and in terms of health and wellbeing, so I can look back and see how I’ve grown. Thank You.
Diversity: Moving Beyond Representation
Before I begin, I want to acknowledge that diversity is an incredibly complex topic. I am neither an expert, nor do I have the academic soundness to fully justify my opinions here. Despite these flaws, I have decided to document my thoughts on the subject. In recent years, the conversation about diversity has become more prominent, but I think there…
Understanding Cloud Security: Key Issues and Best Practices for DevOps
In today’s cloud-driven world, security is more crucial than ever. As a DevOps professional, it’s your responsibility to keep your infrastructure, applications, and data secure from the myriad threats that come with the convenience of the cloud. In this post, we’ll explore the most common cloud security issues and provide practical best practices to help you stay ahead of them.…
Practical Strategies for Recovery from Dr. Fairburn’s ‘Overcoming Binge Eating’
Read Part 1 In Part 2 of Overcoming Binge Eating, Dr. Christopher G. Fairburn shifts from understanding the condition to taking actionable steps towards recovery. This part of the book is a practical guide that offers evidence-based strategies for breaking the overeating cycle and moving towards a healthier relationship with food. Here, Dr. Fairburn introduces Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) techniques,…
Insights from Dr. Fairburn’s ‘Overcoming Binge Eating’
Binge eating can be a deeply isolating experience, often leaving those who struggle with it feeling trapped in a cycle they can’t seem to break. In Part 1 of his influential book, Overcoming Binge Eating, Dr. Christopher G. Fairburn provides a compassionate and clear exploration of what binge eating is, why it occurs, and how it affects those who experience…
Setting Up a CI/CD Pipeline for a Django Project: A Step-by-Step Guide
Live demo: link GitHub Repo: link In this article, we’ll walk through how to set up a Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline for a Django project. We’ll explain the key concepts, the tools we used, and the steps involved without overwhelming you with too much code. By the end of this guide, you’ll understand how we automated our…
Cloud Server Migration: Industry Standard Comprehensive Guide and Checklist
Recently, I have been told by my cloud provider that they are shutting down my current cloud package, but they offered me an alternative package for free. The catch? I had to migrate my server on my own. I was mildly annoyed by the thought that now I am gonna have to spend a weekend migrating and testing! However, I…
Course 6: Share Data Through the Art of Visualisation, Course Overview plus Module 2: Create Data Visualisation with Tableau
Tableau is a business intelligence and analytics platform that helps people visualize, understand, and make decisions with data. In this part of the course, you’ll become well-versed in Tableau’s dynamic capabilities and learn to inject creativity and clarity into your visualisations, ensuring that your findings are easy to understand. Learning Objectives
Course 6: Share Data Through the Art of Visualisation, Course Overview plus Module 1: Visualise Data
Course Overview Welcome to the sixth course in the Google Data Analytics Certificate! In this course, you’ll learn how to create data visualisations. Visualisations, along with compelling data storytelling, will help you communicate the meaning of a dataset to your audience. Sharing the results of an analysis is one of the most important parts of an analyst’s job. This course…
Course 5: Analyse Data to Answer Questions, Module 4: Perform Data Calculations
Calculations are a common task for data analysts. In this part of the course, you’ll explore formulas, functions, and pivot tables in spreadsheets and queries in SQL, all of which will help with your calculations. You’ll also learn about the benefits of using SQL to manage temporary tables. Learning Objectives Functions with multiple conditions Conditional functions and formulas perform calculations…
Course 5: Analyse Data to Answer Questions, Module 3: Aggregate data for analysis
VLOOKUP core concepts Spreadsheet functions can be used to quickly find information and perform calculations using specific values. VLOOKUP, or Vertical Lookup, is one such function that vertically searches for a certain value in a column to return a corresponding piece of information. In this reading, you’ll examine the intricacies of this extremely useful function so you understand how it…