Analytics Dispatch 12/26/2018
The Netflix data war
UNDER PRESSURE
Data Science vs Engineering: Tension Points
Want to get a good understanding of how data science turns into data products? This article is for you. - Domino
MAMMOTH FEAT
Bye bye Mongo, Hello Postgres
Why and how The Guardian switched off the Mongo DB cluster used to store their content after completing a migration to PostgreSQL on Amazon RDS. - The Guardian
MULTITASKING
Concepts in object detection
Naming and locating several objects at once in an image with no prior information about how many objects are supposed to be detected is much harder than identifying a single object. Here's how to do it using TensorFlow and R. - Tensorflow for R Blog
CHOOSE YOUR BATTLES
The Netflix Data War
This take on the “war” between the Netflix's data team and content team examines what happens when the data says one thing, but other business factors need to be taken into consideration. - Simply Statistics
DEBBIE DOWNER
Blue Christmas: A data-driven search for the most depressing Christmas song
If your relatives still haven't left yet, maybe playing these songs on repeat will get them out the door. - Haystacks