@vtechthedev 1. All rows where column has a value.
2. Same answer as the first question
NOT (column IS NULL) is basically the same as WHERE column IS NOT NULL.
One of my favorite lessons Iโve learnt from working with smart people:
Action produces information. If youโre unsure of what to do, just do anything, even if itโs the wrong thing. This will give you information about what you should actually be doing.
Sounds simple on the surface - the hard part is making it part of your every day working process.
๐ Understanding Regression in Machine Learning (A view of the deep dive I did today).
One of the first and most fundamental concepts in ML is regression.
Itโs all about predicting continuous outcomes and finding relationships between variables.
At its core, regression answers a simple question:
๐ How does one variable change when another changes?
๐ก Types of Regression
Linear Regression: fits a straight line, ideal for simple relationships.
Multiple Linear Regression: models several independent variables.
Polynomial Regression: captures non-linear trends by adding higher-degree terms.
Regularized Regression (Ridge, Lasso, ElasticNet): helps prevent overfitting by penalizing large coefficients.
๐ข Mathematical Core:
The model tries to minimize the loss function, often the Mean Squared Error (MSE)
The smaller this error, the better your line (or curve) fits the data.
Practical Tip:
Always visualize residuals (the differences between predicted and actual values). Patterns in residuals often signal bias, variance issues, or model misfit.
Next, Iโll explore how regression connects to classification through concepts like logistic regression and decision boundaries.
What regression challenges have you encountered in your ML journey: data quality, multicollinearity, or model bias?
#MachineLearning #Regression #DataScience #Statistics #AI #MLRoadmap #LinearRegression #LearningJourney
Stanford just dropped a 1:47 hour masterclass about LLM training on YouTube. this is the 4th lecture in their new Fall 2025 series of transformers and LLM.
this is the new go-to course on LLMs imo, and you need to take it seriously.
subjects in this video:
โ Pretraining
โ Scaling laws, Chinchilla law
โ Training optimizations overview
โ Data parallelism with ZeRO
โ Model parallelism
โ Flash Attention
โ Quantization
โ Mixed precision training
โ Supervised finetuning
โ Instruction tuning
โ Parameter-efficient finetuning with LoRA
โ QLoRA
STEP 1:
Mathematical Foundations for Machine Learning
The deeper I go into AI, the more I realize that mathematics isnโt optional itโs the language of ML.
This first stage of my roadmap is all about building a solid foundation in the math concepts that power every algorithm, from linear regression to neural networks.
Iโll be covering:
๐น Linear Algebra โ vectors, matrices, transformations
๐น Calculus โ gradients, optimization, backpropagation
๐น Probability & Statistics โ understanding data distributions and uncertainty
๐น Discrete Mathematics & Logic โ structure and reasoning in algorithms
My goal isnโt to just โdo mathโ but to understand why it matters in the learning process.
Over the coming days, Iโll share:
Practical ways to connect these topics to ML
Resources Iโm using
Small exercises and visual examples I create along the way
๐ง To those working in ML:
Whatโs one mathematical concept you wish you had mastered earlier in your journey?
#MachineLearning #Mathematics #AI #LearningJourney #DeepLearning #DataScience #MLRoadmap
A transformation is only linear if it has this two properties :
1. All lines must remain lines without getting curved.
2. The origin must remain fixed in place.
Iโm mastering Machine Learning from scratch and documenting every stepโจ
Hereโs how Iโm structuring my ML journey
1๏ธโฃ Mathematics for Machine Learning
2๏ธโฃ Programming & Software Engineering Essentials
3๏ธโฃ Data Handling & Databases
4๏ธโฃ Core Machine Learning Theory & Practice
5๏ธโฃ Deep Learning and Neural Networks
6๏ธโฃ Specialized Machine Learning Domains
7๏ธโฃ Model Deployment and MLOps
8๏ธโฃ Cloud Computing and Distributed Systems
9๏ธโฃ Ethics, Security, and Responsible AI
๐ Portfolio and Career Development