
Naming the Things (Developer Documentation pt. 3)
Weighing the pros and cons of several possible schemas for naming the core functions in {stacks}.
Weighing the pros and cons of several possible schemas for naming the core functions in {stacks}.
Why {stacks} requires (at least) four separate functions to build an ensemble model rather than wrapping them all up into one.
Introducing a set of blog posts reflecting on the development process of the {stacks} package.
I’ve been a bit unsure about how personal this blog ought to be, and what qualifies as “significant” enough to post. A lot of changes are coming up soon for me, though, and this feels like a good place to document. First thing—I’ll be moving to Baltimore this fall to pursue my PhD in Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. My first three years will be supported by an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
There were all sorts of tips and tricks about applying to grad school that I was only able to learn about via office hours, personal meetings, and Twitter DMs, and I thought it would be worth publicly compiling some lessons learned.