Writing
How are Stanford's STARR database,the OMOP Common Data Model, and Epic's EHR Related?
In this post, I explain what Epic (Chronicles, Clarity, etc.), OMOP CDM, and Stanford STARR are, how they are all related, and what the benefits/features of each are.
How to connect VSCode to your remote server via SSH
If you’ve ever had to ssh
into a server to run programs, you may be taking an unnecessary productivity hit each time you relegate yourself to coding in a Jupyter notebook on localhost:8000
.
Plotting the Distribution of MLB Batting Statistics Over Time
Most people know that a batting average over .300 is the mark of a great hitter, and that hitting .200 will land you on the bench.
How to Publish Jupyter .ipynb Notebooks to a Jekyll Static Blog
Goal: Publish a .ipynb
on my Jekyll static site as painlessly as possible.
Matplotlib Tips + Tricks
These are all taken from this great 3-hr YouTube tutorial by Ben Root from SciPy 2018. I’ve condensed the main takeaways of the talk into the following list of key concepts / tricks that I hadn’t previously been aware of.
Combining ROC Curves with Indifference Curves to Measure an ML Model's Utility
For the below examples, assume we have a binary classification task where the class label is $y \in {0, 1}$, and the model’s predictions are $\hat{y} \in {0, 1}$
Sensitivity + Specificity + PPV + TP/FP/TN/FN Formulas
A brief cheat sheet / reference guide containing the definitions, formulas, and explanations of the most commonly used model evaluation metrics for binary classification tasks.
Notes on Vim Tutor
I’ve always been intimidated by vim
. After taking MIT’s Missing Semester Course (a free online course that I’d highly recommend), I learned about a built-in utility called vimtutor
that automatically comes installed with vim
.
Tips to Free Up Mac Storage
tl;dr – If you have XCode installed, then you could easily be wasting up to 10% of your disk space.
Malcolm Gladwell v. Chess
In Season 4, Episode 3 of his podcast Revisionist History, Malcolm Gladwell argues against the use of the LSAT in law school admissions. A full transcript of the episode can be read here.