https://yanirseroussi.com/Recent content on Yanir Seroussi – AI/ML Success ArchitectHugo -- 0.150.1en-auText and figures licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 by Yanir Seroussi, except where noted otherwiseSat, 07 Feb 2026 09:41:31 +1300https://yanirseroussi.com/2026/01/26/what-is-an-ai-ml-success-architect/Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:30:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2026/01/26/what-is-an-ai-ml-success-architect/An AI/ML Success Architect helps companies decide when to use AI, when not to, and how to design and build systems for real business impact.https://yanirseroussi.com/2025/08/08/beyond-good-vibes-securing-ai-agents-by-design/Fri, 08 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2025/08/08/beyond-good-vibes-securing-ai-agents-by-design/Summary of my talk on the paper “Design Patterns for Securing LLM Agents against Prompt Injections”.https://yanirseroussi.com/2025/06/20/posting-into-the-void-with-guardrails/Fri, 20 Jun 2025 03:30:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2025/06/20/posting-into-the-void-with-guardrails/A LinkedIn post with little traction led to a surprising AI collaboration – proof that sharing online can spark unexpected opportunities.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/11/25/data-moats-stealthy-ai-and-more-ai-con-2024-notes/Mon, 25 Nov 2024 02:30:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/11/25/data-moats-stealthy-ai-and-more-ai-con-2024-notes/Themes from AI Con 2024: data moats, stealthy AI use, Chatty’s UX revolution, and enduring fundamentals.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/11/18/dont-build-ai-build-with-ai/Mon, 18 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/11/18/dont-build-ai-build-with-ai/Building AI is hard and expensive. For most companies, the path to AI success is building with third-party AI interns and cheap AI cogs.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/09/23/in-praise-of-inconsistency-ditching-weekly-posts/Mon, 23 Sep 2024 06:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/09/23/in-praise-of-inconsistency-ditching-weekly-posts/On moving away from weekly blog posts in favour of deeper inconsistent articles and LinkedIn engagement.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/09/09/data-ai-humans-and-climate-carving-a-consulting-niche/Mon, 09 Sep 2024 00:30:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/09/09/data-ai-humans-and-climate-carving-a-consulting-niche/Podcast chat on the reality of Data & AI and my consulting focus: Helping climate & nature tech startups ship data-intensive solutions.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/09/02/juggling-delivery-admin-and-leads-monthly-biz-recap/Mon, 02 Sep 2024 02:30:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/09/02/juggling-delivery-admin-and-leads-monthly-biz-recap/Highlights and lessons from my solo expertise biz, including value pricing, fractional cash flow, and distractions from admin & politics.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/08/26/ai-hype-ai-bullshit-and-the-real-deal/Mon, 26 Aug 2024 01:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/08/26/ai-hype-ai-bullshit-and-the-real-deal/My views on separating AI hype and bullshit from the real deal. The general ideas apply to past and future hype waves in tech.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/08/19/giving-up-on-the-minimum-viable-data-stack/Mon, 19 Aug 2024 03:30:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/08/19/giving-up-on-the-minimum-viable-data-stack/Exploring why universal advice on startup data stacks is challenging, and the importance of context-specific decisions in data infrastructure.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/08/12/keep-learning-your-career-is-never-truly-done/Mon, 12 Aug 2024 01:30:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/08/12/keep-learning-your-career-is-never-truly-done/Podcast chat on my career journey from software engineering to data science and independent consulting.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/08/05/first-year-lessons-from-a-solo-expertise-biz-in-data-and-ai/Mon, 05 Aug 2024 08:45:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/08/05/first-year-lessons-from-a-solo-expertise-biz-in-data-and-ai/Reflections on building a solo expertise business in Data & AI, focusing on climate tech startups. Lessons learned from the first year of transition.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/07/29/ai-ml-lifecycle-models-versus-real-world-mess/Mon, 29 Jul 2024 06:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/07/29/ai-ml-lifecycle-models-versus-real-world-mess/The real world of AI/ML doesn’t fit into a neat diagram, so I created another diagram and a maturity heatmap to model the mess.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/07/22/your-first-data-to-ai-hire-run-a-lovable-process/Mon, 22 Jul 2024 01:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/07/22/your-first-data-to-ai-hire-run-a-lovable-process/Video and key points from the second part of a webinar on a startup’s first data hire, covering tips for defining the role and running the process.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/07/15/learn-about-dataland-to-avoid-expensive-hiring-mistakes/Mon, 15 Jul 2024 05:30:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/07/15/learn-about-dataland-to-avoid-expensive-hiring-mistakes/Video and key points from the first part of a webinar on a startup’s first data hire, covering data & AI definitions and high-level recommendations.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/07/08/exploring-an-ai-product-idea-with-the-latest-chatgpt-claude-and-gemini/Mon, 08 Jul 2024 02:45:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/07/08/exploring-an-ai-product-idea-with-the-latest-chatgpt-claude-and-gemini/Asking identical questions about my MagicGrantMaker idea yielded near-identical responses from the top chatbot models.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/07/01/stay-alert-security-is-everyones-responsibility/Mon, 01 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/07/01/stay-alert-security-is-everyones-responsibility/Questions to assess the security posture of a startup, focusing on basic hygiene and handling of sensitive data.https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2024/06/26/five-team-building-mistakes-according-to-patty-mccord/Wed, 26 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2024/06/26/five-team-building-mistakes-according-to-patty-mccord/Takeaways from an interview with Patty McCord on The Startup Podcast.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/06/24/is-your-tech-stack-ready-for-data-intensive-applications/Mon, 24 Jun 2024 02:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/06/24/is-your-tech-stack-ready-for-data-intensive-applications/Questions to assess the quality of tech stacks and lifecycles, with a focus on artificial intelligence, machine learning, and analytics.https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2024/06/22/dealing-with-endless-data-changes/Sat, 22 Jun 2024 22:50:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2024/06/22/dealing-with-endless-data-changes/Quotes from Demetrios Brinkmann on the relationship between MLOps and DevOps, with MLOps allowing for managing changes that come from data.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/06/17/ai-aint-gonna-save-you-from-bad-data/Mon, 17 Jun 2024 02:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/06/17/ai-aint-gonna-save-you-from-bad-data/Since we’re far from a utopia where data issues are fully handled by AI, this post presents six questions humans can use to assess data projects.https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2024/06/12/the-rules-of-the-passion-economy/Wed, 12 Jun 2024 02:50:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2024/06/12/the-rules-of-the-passion-economy/Summary of the main messages from the book The Passion Economy by Adam Davidson.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/06/10/startup-data-health-starts-with-healthy-event-tracking/Mon, 10 Jun 2024 04:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/06/10/startup-data-health-starts-with-healthy-event-tracking/Expanding on the startup health check question of tracking Kukuyeva’s five business aspects as wide events.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/06/03/how-to-avoid-startups-with-poor-development-processes/Mon, 03 Jun 2024 02:45:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/06/03/how-to-avoid-startups-with-poor-development-processes/Questions that prospective data specialists and engineers should ask about development processes before accepting a startup role.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/05/27/plumbing-decisions-and-automation-de-hyping-data-and-ai/Mon, 27 May 2024 02:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/05/27/plumbing-decisions-and-automation-de-hyping-data-and-ai/Three essential questions to understand where an organisation stands when it comes to Data & AI (with zero hype).https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2024/05/25/adapting-to-the-economy-of-algorithms/Sat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2024/05/25/adapting-to-the-economy-of-algorithms/Overview of the book The Economy of Algorithms by Marek Kowalkiewicz.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/05/20/question-startup-culture-before-accepting-a-data-to-ai-role/Mon, 20 May 2024 02:25:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/05/20/question-startup-culture-before-accepting-a-data-to-ai-role/Eight questions that prospective data-to-AI employees should ask about a startup’s work and data culture.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/05/13/probing-the-people-aspects-of-an-early-stage-startup/Mon, 13 May 2024 02:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/05/13/probing-the-people-aspects-of-an-early-stage-startup/Ten questions that prospective employees should ask about a startup’s team, especially for data-centric roles.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/05/06/business-questions-to-ask-before-taking-a-startup-data-role/Mon, 06 May 2024 04:30:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/05/06/business-questions-to-ask-before-taking-a-startup-data-role/Fourteen questions that prospective employees should ask about a startup’s business model and product, especially for data-focused roles.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/04/29/mentorship-and-the-art-of-actionable-advice/Mon, 29 Apr 2024 06:30:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/04/29/mentorship-and-the-art-of-actionable-advice/Reflections on what it takes to package expertise and deliver timely, actionable advice outside the context of employee relationships.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/04/22/assessing-a-startups-data-to-ai-health/Mon, 22 Apr 2024 06:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/04/22/assessing-a-startups-data-to-ai-health/Reviewing the areas that should be assessed to determine a startup’s opportunities and challenges on the data/AI/ML front.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/04/15/ai-does-not-obviate-the-need-for-testing-and-observability/Mon, 15 Apr 2024 05:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/04/15/ai-does-not-obviate-the-need-for-testing-and-observability/It’s easy to prototype with AI, but production-grade AI apps require even more thorough testing and observability than traditional software.https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2024/04/11/linkedin-is-a-teachable-skill/Thu, 11 Apr 2024 01:45:25 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2024/04/11/linkedin-is-a-teachable-skill/An high-level overview of things I learned from Justin Welsh’s LinkedIn Operating System course.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/04/08/my-experience-as-a-data-tech-lead-with-work-on-climate/Mon, 08 Apr 2024 02:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/04/08/my-experience-as-a-data-tech-lead-with-work-on-climate/The story of how I joined Work on Climate as a volunteer and became its data tech lead, with lessons applied to consulting & fractional work.https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2024/04/05/the-data-engineering-lifecycle-is-not-going-anywhere/Fri, 05 Apr 2024 01:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2024/04/05/the-data-engineering-lifecycle-is-not-going-anywhere/My key takeaways from reading Fundamentals of Data Engineering by Joe Reis and Matt Housley.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/04/01/artificial-intelligence-automation-and-the-art-of-counting-fish/Mon, 01 Apr 2024 06:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/04/01/artificial-intelligence-automation-and-the-art-of-counting-fish/Discussing the use of AI to automate underwater marine surveys as an example of the uneven distribution of technological advancement.https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2024/03/12/atomic-habits-is-full-of-actionable-advice/Tue, 12 Mar 2024 06:19:31 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2024/03/12/atomic-habits-is-full-of-actionable-advice/I put the book to use after the first listen, and will definitely revisit it in the future to form better habits.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/03/11/questions-to-consider-when-using-ai-for-pdf-data-extraction/Mon, 11 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/03/11/questions-to-consider-when-using-ai-for-pdf-data-extraction/Discussing considerations that arise when attempting to automate the extraction of structured data from PDFs and similar documents.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/03/04/two-types-of-startup-data-problems/Mon, 04 Mar 2024 02:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/03/04/two-types-of-startup-data-problems/Classifying startups as ML-centric or non-ML is a helpful exercise to uncover the data challenges they’re likely to face.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/02/26/avoiding-ai-complexity-first-write-no-code/Mon, 26 Feb 2024 01:45:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/02/26/avoiding-ai-complexity-first-write-no-code/Two stories of getting AI functionality to production, which demonstrate the risks inherent in custom development versus starting with a no-code approach.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/02/19/building-your-startups-minimum-viable-data-stack/Mon, 19 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/02/19/building-your-startups-minimum-viable-data-stack/First post in a series on building a minimum viable data stack for startups, introducing key definitions, components, and considerations.https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2024/02/17/the-three-cs-of-indie-consulting-confidence-cash-and-connections/Sat, 17 Feb 2024 02:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2024/02/17/the-three-cs-of-indie-consulting-confidence-cash-and-connections/Jonathan Stark makes a compelling argument why you should have the three Cs before quitting your job to go solo consulting.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/02/12/nudging-chatgpt-to-invent-books-you-have-no-time-to-read/Mon, 12 Feb 2024 05:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/02/12/nudging-chatgpt-to-invent-books-you-have-no-time-to-read/Getting ChatGPT Plus to elaborate on possible book content and produce a PDF cheatsheet, with the goal of learning about its capabilities.https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2024/02/06/future-software-development-may-require-fewer-humans/Tue, 06 Feb 2024 06:15:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2024/02/06/future-software-development-may-require-fewer-humans/Reflecting on an interview with Jason Warner, CEO of poolside.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/02/05/substance-over-titles-your-first-data-hire-may-be-a-data-scientist/Mon, 05 Feb 2024 02:45:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/02/05/substance-over-titles-your-first-data-hire-may-be-a-data-scientist/Advice for hiring a startup’s first data person: match skills to business needs, consider contractors, and get help from data people.https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/01/19/new-decade-new-tagline-data-and-ai-for-impact/Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2024/01/19/new-decade-new-tagline-data-and-ai-for-impact/Shifting focus to ‘Data & AI for Impact’, with more startup-related content, increased posting frequency, and deeper audience engagement.https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2024/01/09/psychographic-specialisations-may-work-for-discipline-generalists/Tue, 09 Jan 2024 03:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2024/01/09/psychographic-specialisations-may-work-for-discipline-generalists/When focusing on a market segment defined by personal beliefs, it’s often fine to position yourself as a generalist in your craft.https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2024/01/08/the-power-of-parasocial-relationships/Mon, 08 Jan 2024 06:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2024/01/08/the-power-of-parasocial-relationships/Repeated exposure to media personas creates relationships that help justify premium fees.https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/12/18/positioning-is-a-common-problem-for-data-scientists/Mon, 18 Dec 2023 00:30:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/12/18/positioning-is-a-common-problem-for-data-scientists/With the commodification of data scientists, the problem of positioning has become more common: My takeaways from Genevieve Hayes interviewing Jonathan Stark.https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/12/14/transfer-learning-applies-to-energy-market-bidding/Thu, 14 Dec 2023 00:15:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/12/14/transfer-learning-applies-to-energy-market-bidding/An interesting approach to bidding of energy storage assets, showing that training on New York data is transferable to Queensland.https://yanirseroussi.com/2023/11/29/supporting-volunteer-monitoring-of-marine-biodiversity-with-modern-web-and-data-tools/Wed, 29 Nov 2023 02:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2023/11/29/supporting-volunteer-monitoring-of-marine-biodiversity-with-modern-web-and-data-tools/Summarising the work Uri Seroussi and I did to improve Reef Life Survey’s Reef Species of the World app.https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/11/28/our-blue-machine-is-changing-but-we-are-not-helpless/Tue, 28 Nov 2023 06:40:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/11/28/our-blue-machine-is-changing-but-we-are-not-helpless/One of my many highlights from Helen Czerski’s Blue Machine.https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/11/21/you-dont-need-a-proprietary-api-for-static-maps/Tue, 21 Nov 2023 06:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/11/21/you-dont-need-a-proprietary-api-for-static-maps/For many use cases, libraries like cartopy are better than the likes of Mapbox and Google Maps.https://yanirseroussi.com/2023/10/25/lessons-from-reluctant-data-engineering/Wed, 25 Oct 2023 04:45:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2023/10/25/lessons-from-reluctant-data-engineering/Video and summary of a talk I gave at DataEngBytes Brisbane on what I learned from doing data engineering as part of every data science role I had.https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/10/06/artificial-intelligence-was-a-marketing-term-all-along-just-call-it-automation/Fri, 06 Oct 2023 05:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/10/06/artificial-intelligence-was-a-marketing-term-all-along-just-call-it-automation/Replacing ‘artificial intelligence’ with ‘automation’ is a useful trick for cutting through the hype.https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/09/25/the-lines-between-solo-consulting-and-product-building-are-blurry/Mon, 25 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/09/25/the-lines-between-solo-consulting-and-product-building-are-blurry/It turns out that problems like finding a niche and defining the ideal clients are key to any solo business.https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/09/21/googles-rules-of-machine-learning-still-apply-in-the-age-of-large-language-models/Thu, 21 Sep 2023 21:30:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/09/21/googles-rules-of-machine-learning-still-apply-in-the-age-of-large-language-models/Despite the excitement around large language models, building with machine learning remains an engineering problem with established best practices.https://yanirseroussi.com/2023/08/28/my-rediscovery-of-quiet-writing-on-the-open-web/Mon, 28 Aug 2023 05:30:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2023/08/28/my-rediscovery-of-quiet-writing-on-the-open-web/Reflections on publishing on this website: Writing publicly to share thoughts and documentation beats chasing views and likes.https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/08/21/the-minimalist-entrepreneur-is-too-prescriptive-for-me/Mon, 21 Aug 2023 03:15:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/08/21/the-minimalist-entrepreneur-is-too-prescriptive-for-me/While I found the story of Gumroad interesting, The Minimalist Entrepreneur seems to over-generalise from the founder’s experience.https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/08/17/revisiting-start-small-stay-small-in-2023-chapter-2/Thu, 17 Aug 2023 07:45:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/08/17/revisiting-start-small-stay-small-in-2023-chapter-2/A summary of the second chapter of Rob Walling’s Start Small, Stay Small, along with my thoughts & reflections.https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/08/16/revisiting-start-small-stay-small-in-2023-chapter-1/Wed, 16 Aug 2023 05:45:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/08/16/revisiting-start-small-stay-small-in-2023-chapter-1/A summary of the first chapter of Rob Walling’s Start Small, Stay Small, along with my thoughts & reflections.https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/08/14/email-notifications-on-public-github-commits/Mon, 14 Aug 2023 05:15:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/08/14/email-notifications-on-public-github-commits/GitHub publishes an Atom feed, which means you can use any RSS reader to follow commits.https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/08/11/the-rule-of-thirds-can-probably-be-ignored/Fri, 11 Aug 2023 03:15:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/08/11/the-rule-of-thirds-can-probably-be-ignored/Turns out that the rule of thirds for composing visuals may not be that important.https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/07/23/using-yubikey-for-ssh-access/Sun, 23 Jul 2023 00:07:15 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/07/23/using-yubikey-for-ssh-access/Some pointers for setting up SSH access with YubiKey on Ubuntu 22.04.https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/07/17/making-a-til-section-with-hugo-and-papermod/Mon, 17 Jul 2023 00:06:15 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/07/17/making-a-til-section-with-hugo-and-papermod/How I added a Today I Learned section to my Hugo site with the PaperMod theme.https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/07/11/you-cant-save-time/Tue, 11 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/til/2023/07/11/you-cant-save-time/Time can be spent doing different activities, but it can’t be stored and saved for later.https://yanirseroussi.com/2023/06/30/was-data-science-a-failure-mode-of-software-engineering/Fri, 30 Jun 2023 00:06:30 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2023/06/30/was-data-science-a-failure-mode-of-software-engineering/Yes, data science projects have suffered from classic software engineering mistakes, but the field is maturing with the rise of new engineering roles.https://yanirseroussi.com/2023/05/26/how-hackable-are-automated-coding-assessments/Fri, 26 May 2023 00:03:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2023/05/26/how-hackable-are-automated-coding-assessments/Exploring the hackability of speed-based coding tests, using CodeSignal’s Industry Coding Framework as a case study.https://yanirseroussi.com/2023/04/21/remaining-relevant-as-a-small-language-model/Fri, 21 Apr 2023 00:06:30 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2023/04/21/remaining-relevant-as-a-small-language-model/Bing Chat recently quipped that humans are small language models. Here are some of my thoughts on how we small language models can remain relevant (for now).https://yanirseroussi.com/2022/12/11/chatgpt-is-transformative-ai/Sun, 11 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2022/12/11/chatgpt-is-transformative-ai/My perspective after a week of using ChatGPT: This is a step change in finding distilled information, and it’s only the beginning.https://yanirseroussi.com/2022/09/12/causal-machine-learning-book-draft-review/Mon, 12 Sep 2022 02:45:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2022/09/12/causal-machine-learning-book-draft-review/Reviewing the first three chapters of the book Causal Machine Learning by Robert Osazuwa Ness.https://yanirseroussi.com/2022/06/06/the-mission-matters-moving-to-climate-tech-as-a-data-scientist/Mon, 06 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2022/06/06/the-mission-matters-moving-to-climate-tech-as-a-data-scientist/Discussing my recent career move into climate tech as a way of doing more to help mitigate dangerous climate change.https://yanirseroussi.com/2022/03/20/building-useful-machine-learning-tools-keeps-getting-easier-a-fish-id-case-study/Sun, 20 Mar 2022 04:30:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2022/03/20/building-useful-machine-learning-tools-keeps-getting-easier-a-fish-id-case-study/Lessons learned building a fish ID web app with fast.ai and Streamlit, in an attempt to reduce my fear of missing out on the latest deep learning developments.https://yanirseroussi.com/2022/01/14/analysis-strategies-in-online-a-b-experiments/Fri, 14 Jan 2022 00:05:40 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2022/01/14/analysis-strategies-in-online-a-b-experiments/Epidemiologists analyse clinical trials to estimate the intention-to-treat and per-protocol effects. This post applies their strategies to online experiments.https://yanirseroussi.com/2021/11/22/use-your-human-brain-to-avoid-artificial-intelligence-disasters/Mon, 22 Nov 2021 03:45:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2021/11/22/use-your-human-brain-to-avoid-artificial-intelligence-disasters/Overview of a talk I gave at a deep learning course, focusing on AI ethics as the need for humans to think on the context and consequences of applying AI.https://yanirseroussi.com/2021/11/10/migrating-from-wordpress-com-to-hugo-on-github-cloudflare/Wed, 10 Nov 2021 06:30:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2021/11/10/migrating-from-wordpress-com-to-hugo-on-github-cloudflare/My reasons for switching from WordPress.com to Hugo on GitHub + Cloudflare, along with a summary of the solution components and migration process.https://yanirseroussi.com/2021/10/07/my-work-with-automattic/Thu, 07 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2021/10/07/my-work-with-automattic/Back-dated meta-post that gathers my posts on Automattic blogs into a summary of the work I’ve done with the company.https://yanirseroussi.com/2021/04/05/some-highlights-from-2020/Mon, 05 Apr 2021 06:41:48 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2021/04/05/some-highlights-from-2020/Sharing remote teamwork insights, my climate & sustainability activism, Reef Life Survey publications, and progress on Automattic’s Experimentation Platform.https://yanirseroussi.com/2020/08/24/many-is-not-enough-counting-simulations-to-bootstrap-the-right-way/Mon, 24 Aug 2020 01:35:17 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2020/08/24/many-is-not-enough-counting-simulations-to-bootstrap-the-right-way/Going deeper into correct testing of different methods for bootstrap estimation of confidence intervals.https://yanirseroussi.com/2020/01/11/software-commodities-are-eating-interesting-data-science-work/Sat, 11 Jan 2020 09:22:35 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2020/01/11/software-commodities-are-eating-interesting-data-science-work/Being a data scientist can sometimes feel like a race against software commodities that replace interesting work. What can one do to remain relevant?https://yanirseroussi.com/2019/12/12/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-remote-data-scientist/Wed, 11 Dec 2019 22:06:19 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2019/12/12/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-remote-data-scientist/Video of a talk I gave on remote data science work at the Data Science Sydney meetup.https://yanirseroussi.com/2019/10/06/bootstrapping-the-right-way/Sun, 06 Oct 2019 06:48:07 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2019/10/06/bootstrapping-the-right-way/Video and summary of a talk I gave at YOW! Data on bootstrap estimation of confidence intervals.https://yanirseroussi.com/2019/01/08/hackers-beware-bootstrap-sampling-may-be-harmful/Mon, 07 Jan 2019 21:07:56 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2019/01/08/hackers-beware-bootstrap-sampling-may-be-harmful/Bootstrap sampling has been promoted as an easy way of modelling uncertainty to hackers without much statistical knowledge. But things aren’t that simple.https://yanirseroussi.com/2018/12/24/the-most-practical-causal-inference-book-ive-read-is-still-a-draft/Mon, 24 Dec 2018 02:37:50 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2018/12/24/the-most-practical-causal-inference-book-ive-read-is-still-a-draft/Causal Inference by Miguel Hernán and Jamie Robins is a must-read for anyone interested in the area.https://yanirseroussi.com/2018/11/03/reflections-on-remote-data-science-work/Sat, 03 Nov 2018 06:33:13 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2018/11/03/reflections-on-remote-data-science-work/Discussing the pluses and minuses of remote work eighteen months after joining Automattic as a data scientist.https://yanirseroussi.com/2018/07/22/defining-data-science-in-2018/Sun, 22 Jul 2018 08:27:43 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2018/07/22/defining-data-science-in-2018/Updating my definition of data science to match changes in the field. It is now broader than before, but its ultimate goal is still to support decisions.https://yanirseroussi.com/2017/10/15/advice-for-aspiring-data-scientists-and-other-faqs/Sun, 15 Oct 2017 09:15:25 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2017/10/15/advice-for-aspiring-data-scientists-and-other-faqs/Frequently asked questions by visitors to this site, especially around entering the data science field.https://yanirseroussi.com/2017/09/02/state-of-bandcamp-recommender/Sat, 02 Sep 2017 10:19:02 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2017/09/02/state-of-bandcamp-recommender/Call for BCRecommender maintainers followed by a decision to shut it down, as I don’t have enough time and Bandcamp now offers recommendations.https://yanirseroussi.com/2017/07/29/my-10-step-path-to-becoming-a-remote-data-scientist-with-automattic/Sat, 29 Jul 2017 05:39:26 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2017/07/29/my-10-step-path-to-becoming-a-remote-data-scientist-with-automattic/I wanted a well-paid data science-y remote job with an established company that offers a good life balance and makes products I care about. I got it eventually.https://yanirseroussi.com/2017/06/03/exploring-and-visualising-reef-life-survey-data/Sat, 03 Jun 2017 00:49:05 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2017/06/03/exploring-and-visualising-reef-life-survey-data/Web tools I built to visualise Reef Life Survey data and assist citizen scientists in underwater visual census work.https://yanirseroussi.com/2017/01/08/customer-lifetime-value-and-the-proliferation-of-misinformation-on-the-internet/Sun, 08 Jan 2017 20:02:30 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2017/01/08/customer-lifetime-value-and-the-proliferation-of-misinformation-on-the-internet/There’s a lot of misleading content on the estimation of customer lifetime value. Here’s what I learned about doing it well.https://yanirseroussi.com/2016/09/19/ask-why-finding-motives-causes-and-purpose-in-data-science/Mon, 19 Sep 2016 21:28:44 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2016/09/19/ask-why-finding-motives-causes-and-purpose-in-data-science/Video and summary of a talk I gave at the Data Science Sydney meetup, about going beyond the what & how of predictive modelling.https://yanirseroussi.com/2016/08/21/seven-ways-to-be-data-driven-off-a-cliff/Sun, 21 Aug 2016 21:34:17 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2016/08/21/seven-ways-to-be-data-driven-off-a-cliff/Seven common mistakes to avoid when working with data, such as ignoring uncertainty and confusing observed and unobserved quantities.https://yanirseroussi.com/2016/08/04/is-data-scientist-a-useless-job-title/Thu, 04 Aug 2016 22:26:03 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2016/08/04/is-data-scientist-a-useless-job-title/It seems like anyone who touches data can call themselves a data scientist, which makes the title useless. The work they do can still be useful, though.https://yanirseroussi.com/2016/06/19/making-bayesian-ab-testing-more-accessible/Sun, 19 Jun 2016 10:32:15 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2016/06/19/making-bayesian-ab-testing-more-accessible/A web tool I built to interpret A/B test results in a Bayesian way, including prior specification, visualisations, and decision rules.https://yanirseroussi.com/2016/05/15/diving-deeper-into-causality-pearl-kleinberg-hill-and-untested-assumptions/Sat, 14 May 2016 19:57:03 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2016/05/15/diving-deeper-into-causality-pearl-kleinberg-hill-and-untested-assumptions/Discussing the need for untested assumptions and temporality in causal inference. Mostly based on Samantha Kleinberg’s Causality, Probability, and Time.https://yanirseroussi.com/2016/03/20/the-rise-of-greedy-robots/Sun, 20 Mar 2016 20:33:43 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2016/03/20/the-rise-of-greedy-robots/Is artificial/machine intelligence a future threat? I argue that it’s already here, with greedy robots already dominating our lives.https://yanirseroussi.com/2016/02/14/why-you-should-stop-worrying-about-deep-learning-and-deepen-your-understanding-of-causality-instead/Sun, 14 Feb 2016 11:04:11 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2016/02/14/why-you-should-stop-worrying-about-deep-learning-and-deepen-your-understanding-of-causality-instead/Causality is often overlooked but is of much higher relevance to most data scientists than deep learning.https://yanirseroussi.com/2016/01/24/the-joys-of-offline-data-collection/Sun, 24 Jan 2016 00:32:25 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2016/01/24/the-joys-of-offline-data-collection/Insights on data collection and machine learning from spending a month sailing, diving, and counting fish with Reef Life Survey.https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/12/08/this-holiday-season-give-me-real-insights/Tue, 08 Dec 2015 06:57:25 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/12/08/this-holiday-season-give-me-real-insights/Some companies present raw data or information as “insights”. This post surveys some examples, and discusses how they can be turned into real insights.https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/11/23/the-hardest-parts-of-data-science/Mon, 23 Nov 2015 04:14:21 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/11/23/the-hardest-parts-of-data-science/Defining feasible problems and coming up with reasonable ways of measuring solutions is harder than building accurate models or obtaining clean data.https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/11/04/migrating-a-simple-web-application-from-mongodb-to-elasticsearch/Wed, 04 Nov 2015 03:53:18 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/11/04/migrating-a-simple-web-application-from-mongodb-to-elasticsearch/Migrating BCRecommender from MongoDB to Elasticsearch made it possible to offer a richer search experience to users at a similar cost, among other benefits.https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/10/19/nutritionism-and-the-need-for-complex-models-to-explain-complex-phenomena/Mon, 19 Oct 2015 00:02:32 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/10/19/nutritionism-and-the-need-for-complex-models-to-explain-complex-phenomena/Nutritionism is a special case of misinterpretation and miscommunication of scientific results – something many data scientists encounter in their work.https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/10/02/the-wonderful-world-of-recommender-systems/Fri, 02 Oct 2015 05:25:57 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/10/02/the-wonderful-world-of-recommender-systems/Giving an overview of the field and common paradigms, and debunking five common myths about recommender systems.https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/08/24/you-dont-need-a-data-scientist-yet/Mon, 24 Aug 2015 08:25:30 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/08/24/you-dont-need-a-data-scientist-yet/Hiring data scientists prematurely is wasteful and frustrating. Here are some questions to ask before you hire your first data scientist.https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/07/31/goodbye-parse-com/Fri, 31 Jul 2015 03:29:50 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/07/31/goodbye-parse-com/Migrating my web apps away from Parse.com due to reliability issues. Self-hosting is a better solution.https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/07/06/learning-about-deep-learning-through-album-cover-classification/Mon, 06 Jul 2015 22:21:42 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/07/06/learning-about-deep-learning-through-album-cover-classification/Progress on my album cover classification project, highlighting lessons that would be useful to others who are getting started with deep learning.https://yanirseroussi.com/deep-learning-resources/Mon, 06 Jul 2015 00:38:44 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/deep-learning-resources/Useful posts and papers on the topic of deep learning (circa 2015).https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/06/06/hopping-on-the-deep-learning-bandwagon/Sat, 06 Jun 2015 05:00:22 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/06/06/hopping-on-the-deep-learning-bandwagon/To become proficient at solving data science problems, you need to get your hands dirty. Here, I used album cover classification to learn about deep learning.https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/05/02/first-steps-in-data-science-author-aware-sentiment-analysis/Sat, 02 May 2015 08:31:10 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/05/02/first-steps-in-data-science-author-aware-sentiment-analysis/I became a data scientist by doing a PhD, but the same steps can be followed without a formal education program.https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/04/24/my-divestment-from-fossil-fuels/Fri, 24 Apr 2015 00:19:36 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/04/24/my-divestment-from-fossil-fuels/Recent choices I’ve made to reduce my exposure to fossil fuels, including practical steps that can be taken by Australians and generally applicable lessons.https://yanirseroussi.com/phd-work/Mon, 30 Mar 2015 03:23:33 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/phd-work/An overview of my PhD in data science / artificial intelligence. Thesis title: Text Mining and Rating Prediction with Topical User Models.https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/03/22/the-long-road-to-a-lifestyle-business/Sun, 22 Mar 2015 09:43:47 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/03/22/the-long-road-to-a-lifestyle-business/Progress since leaving my last full-time job and setting on an independent path that includes data science consulting and work on my own projects.https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/02/11/learning-to-rank-for-personalised-search-yandex-search-personalisation-kaggle-competition-summary-part-2/Wed, 11 Feb 2015 06:34:17 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/02/11/learning-to-rank-for-personalised-search-yandex-search-personalisation-kaggle-competition-summary-part-2/My team’s solution to the Yandex Search Personalisation competition (finished 9th out of 194 teams).https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/01/29/is-thinking-like-a-search-engine-possible-yandex-search-personalisation-kaggle-competition-summary-part-1/Thu, 29 Jan 2015 10:37:39 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/01/29/is-thinking-like-a-search-engine-possible-yandex-search-personalisation-kaggle-competition-summary-part-1/Insights on search personalisation and SEO from participating in a Kaggle competition (finished 9th out of 194 teams).https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/01/15/automating-parse-com-bulk-data-imports/Thu, 15 Jan 2015 04:41:16 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2015/01/15/automating-parse-com-bulk-data-imports/A script for importing data into the Parse backend-as-a-service.https://yanirseroussi.com/2014/12/29/stochastic-gradient-boosting-choosing-the-best-number-of-iterations/Mon, 29 Dec 2014 02:30:06 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2014/12/29/stochastic-gradient-boosting-choosing-the-best-number-of-iterations/Exploring an approach to choosing the optimal number of iterations in stochastic gradient boosting, following a bug I found in scikit-learn.https://yanirseroussi.com/2014/12/15/seo-mostly-about-showing-up/Mon, 15 Dec 2014 04:25:25 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2014/12/15/seo-mostly-about-showing-up/Increasing SEO traffic to BCRecommender by adding content and opening up more pages for crawling. It turns out that thin content is better than no content.https://yanirseroussi.com/2014/11/19/fitting-noise-forecasting-the-sale-price-of-bulldozers-kaggle-competition-summary/Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:17:34 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2014/11/19/fitting-noise-forecasting-the-sale-price-of-bulldozers-kaggle-competition-summary/Summary of a Kaggle competition to forecast bulldozer sale price, where I finished 9th out of 476 teams.https://yanirseroussi.com/2014/11/05/bcrecommender-traction-update/Wed, 05 Nov 2014 02:29:35 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2014/11/05/bcrecommender-traction-update/Update on BCRecommender traction using three channels: blogger outreach, search engine optimisation, and content marketing.https://yanirseroussi.com/2014/10/23/what-is-data-science/Thu, 23 Oct 2014 03:22:08 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2014/10/23/what-is-data-science/Data science has been a hot term in the past few years. Still, there isn’t a single definition of the field. This post discusses my favourite definition.https://yanirseroussi.com/2014/10/07/greek-media-monitoring-kaggle-competition-my-approach/Tue, 07 Oct 2014 03:21:35 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2014/10/07/greek-media-monitoring-kaggle-competition-my-approach/Summary of my approach to the Greek Media Monitoring Kaggle competition, where I finished 6th out of 120 teams.https://yanirseroussi.com/2014/09/24/applying-the-traction-books-bullseye-framework-to-bcrecommender/Wed, 24 Sep 2014 04:57:39 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2014/09/24/applying-the-traction-books-bullseye-framework-to-bcrecommender/Ranking 19 channels with the goal of getting traction for BCRecommender.https://yanirseroussi.com/2014/09/19/bandcamp-recommendation-and-discovery-algorithms/Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:26:55 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2014/09/19/bandcamp-recommendation-and-discovery-algorithms/The recommendation backend for my BCRecommender service for personalised Bandcamp music discovery.https://yanirseroussi.com/2014/09/07/building-a-recommender-system-on-a-shoestring-budget/Sun, 07 Sep 2014 10:48:44 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2014/09/07/building-a-recommender-system-on-a-shoestring-budget/Iterating on my BCRecommender service with the goal of keeping costs low while providing a valuable music recommendation service.https://yanirseroussi.com/2014/08/30/building-a-bandcamp-recommender-system-part-1-motivation/Sat, 30 Aug 2014 08:11:38 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2014/08/30/building-a-bandcamp-recommender-system-part-1-motivation/My motivation behind building BCRecommender, a free recommendation & discovery service for Bandcamp music.https://yanirseroussi.com/2014/08/24/how-to-almost-win-kaggle-competitions/Sun, 24 Aug 2014 12:40:53 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2014/08/24/how-to-almost-win-kaggle-competitions/Summary of a talk I gave at the Data Science Sydney meetup with ten tips on almost-winning Kaggle competitions.https://yanirseroussi.com/2014/08/17/datas-hierarchy-of-needs/Sun, 17 Aug 2014 13:09:30 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2014/08/17/datas-hierarchy-of-needs/Discussing the hierarchy of needs proposed by Jay Kreps. Key takeaway: Data-driven algorithms & insights can only be as good as the underlying data.https://yanirseroussi.com/kaggle/Sat, 05 Apr 2014 23:46:10 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/kaggle/Pointers to all my Kaggle advice posts and competition summaries.https://yanirseroussi.com/2014/01/19/kaggle-beginner-tips/Sun, 19 Jan 2014 10:34:28 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/2014/01/19/kaggle-beginner-tips/First post! An email I sent to members of the Data Science Sydney Meetup with tips on how to get started with Kaggle competitions.https://yanirseroussi.com/about/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/about/About Yanir Seroussi, an independent consultant who helps climate tech founders ship AI/ML solutions that support multi-million dollar growth goals.https://yanirseroussi.com/free-intro-call/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/free-intro-call/Booking form for a quick intro call with Yanir Seroussi.https://yanirseroussi.com/causal-inference-resources/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/causal-inference-resources/Useful books, articles, and courses on the topic of causal inference.https://yanirseroussi.com/data-to-ai-health-check/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/data-to-ai-health-check/Download a free PDF guide that helps you assess a startup’s Data-to-AI health by probing eight key areas.https://yanirseroussi.com/consult/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/consult/Consulting for climate & nature tech scaleups: Strategic advice, implementation of AI/ML solutions, and hiring help by an experienced tech leader.https://yanirseroussi.com/talks/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/talks/Yanir Seroussi speaks on data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and career journey.https://yanirseroussi.com/contact/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://yanirseroussi.com/contact/Contact me or subscribe to the mailing list.