TL;DR: cleaned up a simple chatbot module that I wrote in Python, originally as a way to impersonate a friend in my Slack chat.
How it started I wrote a chatbot in python to impersonate one of my friends on Slack. It was a fun project, but originally I set it up a pretty hacky way. Here’s an example of what it looks like integrated into slack:
Ok so that’s a pretty goofy impersonation of a friend of mine (littered with inside jokes) - but it can actually be useful.
TL;DR: this a short post about the configuration steps I took to get django running with the GDAL extension and postgreSQL/postGIS backend. These notes are what it took to get it deployed on GCP Cloud Run, and to use Github Actions to run automated tests on push or pull request. Pretty straight forward, but I had to iterate a few times to get it right so hopefully this helps someone else.
Where We Went: Mallorca These are places visited over two short trips, one in September of 2022 and one in April/May of 2023. If I go again, I’ll update this list!
TL;DR Mallorca is great! My favorite place is Sineu because it’s small and quiet but still has a couple restaurants, bars, a brewery, wineshop and beautiful old town. My favorite hike was the Deia loop and stopping at Cala Deia for beach time.
TL;DR - Using a Markov Chain to model your historical sales pipeline data can help you understand the probability of eventually closing a deal based on (1) the stage the opportunity is currently in and (2) your historical data. This lets you estimate the future value of your current pipeline based on your own past data.
What is a Markov Chain? It is a mathematical model used to describe how probabilistic systems or processes evolve over time.
In the Fall of 2017, while finishing my PhD I taught ChE thermodynamics to a class of graduate and advanced undergraduate students at the University of Rhode Island. I recently discovered some of my old course materials and decided to post them publically. It was a project based class, so after the first few lectures, most of the class meetings were spent working on problems and projects.
Either way, I hope they are useful to someone!