Machine Learning Powered Applications (book)
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Machine Learning Powered Applications (book)
My ML applications book, which HN helped me write (sample chapter) [pdf]
mlpowered.com#machine learning#practical ml#ml product development#oreilly book
How HN took it
6 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score +0.27.
Execution: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Excellent and recommended for practical ML
From 1 comment
I read this book on the O’Reilly website using their trial period and have also pre-ordered a physical copy. It is excellent and I recommend it to anyone into practical ML.
truculent on HN
Clear, pleasant design
From 1 comment
Looks great, I think I will pick this up. Can I ask a strange question, what font is used for the text in the book? It's very pleasant to look at!
Pwhy1 on HN
Objections
Installing dependencies failed, mainly due to TensorFlow 1.15 and Python version constraints
From 2 comments
I found installing everything to get up and running with this to be effectively impossible; I think using tensorflow 1.15(and therefore requiring everyone to download Python <=…
turndown on HNUnfortunately the changes you did didn't improve my problem, pip insisted again that a correct tensorflow version wasn't available. I was, however, able to download tb-nightly so…
turndown on HN
Doubt that the ML Editor question-quality problem is solvable
From 1 comment
Congratulations to the release. I am a little bit skeptic about your running example, the "ML Editor". A model that helps you asking "good" questions, e.g. on StackOverflow.…
protomikron on HN
Requests
Reader community or Slack group for discussion
From 1 comment
Congratulations! Do you have a slack or some other place to group together readers of this book to discuss? I'd love to poke other readers' (and yours) brains as I go through this.
haseeb_mohammed on HN
Questions
Whether the book is accessible to engineers without ML background
From 1 comment
First of all, congratulation for finishing your book! I've read the TOC and looks really interesting. Is the content accessible for your average software engineer who never…
samwestdev on HN
Which font is used in the book
From 1 comment
Looks great, I think I will pick this up. Can I ask a strange question, what font is used for the text in the book? It's very pleasant to look at!
Pwhy1 on HN
Alternatives named
O'Reilly Safari learning platform
From 2 comments
Congrats on writing the book! As I'm a student of GeorgiaTech, I have access to Oreilly's Safari. I just found the book over there and am looking forward to reading it.
cplat on HNDo all Georgia Tech students have access to the Safari? (coming from a fellow GT student)
stefanpie on HN
Self-publishing on Leanpub
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Congrats! Did O'Reilly give you valuable technical feedback while you were writing the book? I was in talks with publishers, but decided to self-publish…
MrPowers on HN