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The Many Applications of Gradient Descent in TensorFlow
TensorFlow is one of the leading tools for training deep learning models. Outside that space, it may seem intimidating and unnecessary, but it has many creative uses—like producing highly effective adversarial input for black-box AI systems.
Alan Reiner
Alan’s ML expertise covers visual target recognition models for missile defense systems, real-time NLP, and financial evaluation tools.
Modern Web Scraping With Python and Selenium
Web scraping has been around since the early days of the World Wide Web, but scraping modern sites that heavily rely on new technologies is anything but straightforward.
In this article, Toptal Software Developer Neal Barnett demonstrates how you can use Python and Selenium to scrape sites that employ a lot of JavaScript, iframes, and certificates.
Neal Barnett
Neal is a senior consultant and database expert who brings a wealth of knowledge and more than two decades of experience to the table.
SQL Indexes Explained, Pt. 1
Properly used, an SQL database index can be so effective that it might seem like magic. But the following series of exercises will show that underneath, the logic of most SQL indexes—and wielding them correctly—is quite straightforward.
Mirko Marović
Mirko designs and develops massive, extreme-workload databases. He also trains software developers on databases and SQL.
Turn Chaos Into Profit: Understanding the ETL Process
ETL can consolidate data from various sources into an organized, reliable, and usable database. This allows businesses to employ previously unused or underused data to improve their performance.
In this article, Toptal Data Modeling Developer Alexandre Wanderer demonstrates all stages of the ETL process in building a data warehouse.
Alexandre Wanderer
Alexandre is a database and data migration specialist and a team leader with more than two decades of professional experience.
Getting the Most Out of Pre-trained Models
Pre-trained models are making waves in the deep learning world. Using massive pre-training datasets, these NLP models bring previously unheard-of feats of AI within the reach of app developers.
Nauman Mustafa
Nauman is currently a senior deep learning engineer at VisionX, with expertise in building deep learning solutions for NLP and CV problems.
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Sound Logic and Monotonic AI Models
For those working with AI, the future is certainly exciting. At the same time, there is a general sense that AI suffers from one pesky flaw: AI in its current state can be unpredictably unreliable.
Emmanuel Tsukerman
The author of multiple cybersecurity courses and books, Dr. Tsukerman has designed top-tier, award-winning ML solutions.
Flexible A/B Testing with AWS Lambda@Edge
One of the new possibilities offered by Lambda@Edge is the ability to implement server-side A/B testing using Lambdas on CloudFront’s edge servers.
In this article, Toptal Full-stack Developer Georgios Boutsioukis guides you through the process and outlines the pros and cons of A/B testing with Lambda@Edge.
Georgios Boutsioukis
Georgios is a full-stack developer with more than eight years of experience. He worked at CERN and as a member of the mobile API team at Booking.com.
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