While Model Trains

Read data blog posts.
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Presented 3 at a time.

Are Pop Lyrics Getting More Repetitive?

Colin Morris

A fascinating visual essay that utilizes the Lempel-Ziv algorithm (which powers GIFs, PNGs, and most archive formats) to analyze if pop songs are becoming more repetitive.

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Why software projects take longer than you think: a statistical model

Erik Bernhardsson

"People estimate the median completion time well, but not the mean."

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Building Docker Images The Proper Way

Martin Heinz

Some techniques for speeding up the build process of Docker images and make much slimmer and more secure images.

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