Jun 7On Solving Problems for a LivingDuring my undergrad days, while enjoying my time between chilling with friends and contributing to opensource in the my home country(occasionally mixed with attending lectures and dealing with assignments and projects), I used to browse Quora and came across heated discussions about whether software engineers were overpaid considering the complexity…Software Development3 min readSoftware Development3 min read
Jun 6Improving Price Elasticity Accuracy using Bayesian ModelingOpening Thoughts In the world of Bayesian Data Analysis (BDA) and Bayesian Inference it has always been somewhat challenging for me to comprehend and employ these concepts in practical scenarios. …Data Science8 min readData Science8 min read
May 30Comprehensive Review of The Paper: “A Deep Probabilistic Model for Customer Lifetime Value Prediction”Predicting a customer’s lifetime value (LTV) is a complex endeavor. A recent paper by Wang, Liu, and Miao offers a unique solution to this challenge, suggesting the use of a neural network combined with a mixture loss to handle the complexities of churn and lifetime value modeling for new customers…Data Science11 min readData Science11 min read
Sep 20, 2022Thoughts on Software Development Estimates and Feature Creep.I just finished working on an app and I couldn’t imagine facing certain types of problems at a medium to large company. When joining enginneering teams we sometimes have in mind that the things we encounter as a freelance developers doesn’t happen as companies have more resources to be structured…Software Engineering3 min readSoftware Engineering3 min read
Sep 19, 2022Issues with Education and the coming Age of Intelligent MachinesMy rant on education. Some experts purport that Artificial Intelligence is yet to happen, but I think, it depends on who you talk to. My personal opinion is that it has already happened but is slowly strutting along as all sciences should do. I see it as a thrilling topic to…Education7 min readEducation7 min read
Oct 11, 2020A Simulation HypothesisAre we actually living in a simulation? No one knows for sure as there is no way to prove or disprove it. In other words it is “unfalsifiable” — we can never prove that we AREN’T being simulated because the simulation can be arbitrarily good — and any flaws in…Simulation5 min readSimulation5 min read
Sep 14, 2020On the Nature and Limits of Algorithms“The subject of my talk is perhaps most directly indicated by simply asking two questions: first, is it harder to multiply than to add? and second, why?…I (would like to) show that there is no algorithm for multiplication computationally as simple as that for addition, and this proves something of…Algorithms11 min readAlgorithms11 min read
Sep 13, 2020Would People Trust the Data on Evolution if Human Lifespan was Longer?The answer to this question is “Absolute Yes” for the TLDR; But let’s dig deeper. We humans have a lifespan or life expectancy of about 80 years give or take. This is a blip compared to the larger timeframe of the formation of the earth or the evolution of our…Evolution2 min readEvolution2 min read
Sep 11, 2020On a Way of ThinkingAs time goes by it seems to be that people have less and less confidence in the findings of science; maybe because of the many conspiracies that exist or because of what it does not align with what they want to be true. They shouldn’t be blamed as I think…Reflections4 min readReflections4 min read
Jul 12, 2020An Interesting Story on the Origins of SpeciesAccording to Darwin’s theory of evolution when structure arose in the primordial soup some animals evolved before the first plants ever existed. …Science1 min readScience1 min read
