Rishi Sidhu

Crypto

Deconstructing a Bitcoin Transaction

A bitcoin transaction is the means by which the ownership of some bitcoin value is transferred. A transaction is basically a record of how much bitcoin got moved from one address to another (or multiple others). In essence, bitcoins exist as records of bitcoin transactions

NLP

Getting Started With Regular Expressions for NLP

Learn how web-apps validate email addresses in a form using regular expressions

Javascript

How to Write Functions in Javascript

Functions are very important in Javascript. Especially arrow functions.

R

Becoming an Expert at Joins in R

Knowing joins is a sure short way at getting hired as a backend developer

Javascript

Working with Objects in Javascript

Objects form an important part of JavaScript and learning how to work with them becomes the most important skill in JS

Javascript

Javascript Basics — Var | Let | Const

Which of these 3 variable declaration statements should a beginner use?

R

Having Fun Plotting Data Squirrels in R

A 5-min leisure coding session can do wonders for data scientists

R

Beginner’s Guide to Pivoting Data Frames in R

A step by step tutorial on how to convert a wide data frame to a long one

R

Beginner’s Guide to Piping Data in R

Combine a variety of in-built functions with pipe operator to do powerful data analysis

Python

Comprehensive Python Cheat Sheet for Beginners

16 minute one-stop tutorial for getting started with Python

Data Analysis

Visualise Data With Google’s Facets — Tutorial in Pictures

No need to write a single line of code with this tool from Google.

Success

The 7 Markers of a ‘Shaper’ According to Ray Dalio

In his book Principles Ray Dalio outlines what makes someone a shaper

Success

Hacking YouTube Growth to 100 Million Subscribers

How this startup rakes in 1 billion views per month for its clients

Decision Tree

Decision Tree Visualisation — Quick ML Tutorial for Beginners

A 10 line python code for beginners to construct a decision tree and visualise it

Java

Computing Histograms Using Java Arrays

Histograms give a clear idea of how your data is distributed.

Startups

Top Startups Working Towards Immortality

These companies, flush with funds, are looking for talented folks to achieve the unthinkable — immortality.

Artificial Intelligence

7 AI Terms Everyone Must Know in 2020

Just like the PC revolution AI is also going to become an integral part of every profession

Artificial Intelligence

Making Your Twitter Feed AI Friendly

Follow these AI experts on twitter to get your daily dose of AI trivia

Java

How to Code Inheritance in Java — Beginner’s Tutorial in OOP

Let’s understand the concept of ‘inheritance’ in object oriented programming

Chatbot

Build Your First Chatbot in Python

Quickly building a chatbot from scratch is extremely easy in Python

Java

Beginners in Java — Getting Started with OOP

Java is an object oriented programming language — what does that mean?

Machine Learning

Handling Matrices in Python — A NumPy Tutorial

NumPy provides Python users with the ability to manipulate matrices — a much needed thing for AI

R

How to Work Visually with Data — Tutorial in R

Learn how to visually decode a data set before applying an ML algorithm on it

Success

When Overachievers Self-Doubt — The Birth of Git

Linux creator Linus Torvalds built Git to prove to himself that he wasn’t just a “one-hit wonder.”

Startups

Top Questions That Kill Startups at the Idea Stage

These are the questions that you should never ask of your prospective customer.