Lecture 17 (or Sec 2 lesson 13) from "Introduction to Data Science" by Nina Zumel and John Mount (Copyright Nina Zumel and John Mount, authorized upload by t...

The first time I used Logo, it felt like magic. I could type a short sequence of simple commands, and draw beautifully complex shapes on the screen. In this tutorial, I will show you how to parse and interpret a Logo-like language in just 70 lines of code... (more…)

Using Spark Streaming to meet a real-world requirement for filtering, enrichment, and aggregation of unbounded data from Apache Kafka...

I’ve often pondered this great and terrible beast – rsync. It’s spiny, nearly impenetrable command-line interface. Its majestic and wonderful efficiency. The depths of its man page, and the heights of its use-cases. (more…)

Hi! I'm Will and this is where I write about software, technology, and startup stuff. You can find more from me @lyonwj and on tumblr. (more…)