Robbert Bos

I love to make data analytics, data science and AI projects easier to run, more transparent to use and fun to collaborate on. Check out @AskAnnaHQ.

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De eed is afgelegd en de eerste maand zit erop. Een mooi moment om te delen dat ik ben gestart als ondernemende ambtenaar om te bouwen aan onze digitale samenleving.

Ik ga werken aan een maatschappij waar we AI verantwoord in kunnen zetten. In het AI Validatie Team ga ik aan de slag om tools te ontwikkelen. Deze tools gaan uiteraard een rol spelen in het valideren van algoritmes en op die manier een bijdrage leveren aan transparantie, betrouwbaarheid en reproduceerbaarheid. Voor mij is dit een mooi nieuw hoofdstuk om een vervolg te geven aan thema’s waar ik met @AskAnnaHQ al veel mee bezig was.

Wij opereren als team binnen de Directie Digitale Samenleving. Vanuit daar gaan we o.a. met beleidsmakers samenwerken aan concrete hulpmiddelen om AI te valideren. We kiezen er daarbij voor om op een open manier te ontwikkelen, tenzij het niet anders kan. Dit is een nieuwe manier van open en transparant samenwerken waar ik heel veel zin in heb om daar mijn bijdrage aan te leveren.

Als jij nu al ideeën hebt rondom AI Validatie, stuur me dan gerust een bericht en dan hebben we er contact over.

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Explore Workspace information with Just One Click.

This new feature is not just informative. For example, if you need the unique identifier of your workspace, you can effortlessly copy this essential piece of information with just a click.

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☁️ Are you thinking about leaving the cloud? Google's latest announcement shows that you are now the only one.

"Starting today, Google Cloud customers who wish to stop using Google Cloud and migrate their data to another cloud provider and/or on premises, can take advantage of free network data transfer to migrate their data out of Google Cloud." https://t.co/f7wNFfTyn3

But what drives this change? Could it be a proactive step ahead of new EU regulations to boost competition in the cloud sector? Or perhaps a tactical play to increase their market share? 🤔

I guess we will never know. Let's just be happy with this move. Because one thing is certain: this decision significantly increases freedom in choosing where to store your data and host your compute power! 🌤��

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In the last part of 2023, our focus at @AskAnnaHQ shifted from introducing new features to laying the groundwork for a more robust future. We dedicated our time to refactoring, updating packages, and other essential enhancements.

Check the result at https://t.co/RQ6tUyxWgo

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Welcome to 2024! We're kicking off with a series of improvements to our platform.

Working with AskAnna should now provide a better experience. You can see how it used to be on the left side. On the right, how it is now. Can you spot the differences? 👀

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En de post van het Open Source Initiative over LLaMa 2: https://t.co/7GbCRUXTZq

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Ik ben een voorstander van open source. Helaas gaan nu steeds meer tech bedrijven er mee aan de haal en daardoor wordt het lastiger in te schatten of iets wel echt open source is.

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Nieuwsgierig naar meer? Lees dan eens dit artikel op De Correspondent: https://t.co/Tx4bdQ9CS9

Of bekijk dit onderzoek uitgevoerd door taalwetenschappers van De Radboud Universiteit: https://t.co/KnyccI5C3P

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Sometimes typos can make you smile: https://t.co/AucuLjrM5i

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Excel ❤️ Python

Add Python to a cell in Excel simply via =PY(). You can create charts, summarize & prep data, and train machine learning models without leaving Excel. If you join the Insider program, you can try it out yourself.

More info: https://t.co/pHcTNeASgX

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Data science starts with #Data. Even if you want to train fancy machine learning models.

The Moby Bike project demo's #howto:

• get data from a REST API
• create a summary report
• use a scheduler to update data

And that you can share the work done:https://t.co/wlEkvFzQk3

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New #VSCode plugin alert: #Postman

While working on data projects or developing @AskAnnaHQ, I use @getpostman to test and try out APIs. Switching between VS Code and Postman is a distraction...but this plugin allows me to keep my focus :)

Get it via https://t.co/xaQ3KLjZ0j

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@thealexkates Check out Material for MkDocs: https://t.co/bl6MCQ86QJ

Really easy to set up and it matches all your criteria.

Used for the AskAnna Docs (https://t.co/Oxj6q9IfzW). If you're looking for some inspiration, you can check the documentation repo: https://t.co/ushQKiR97l

[Job @Jobvo]

Dutch media about startups: “…”

Dutch media about entrepreneurs: “omg this guy has so much money!1!1!”

This country with companies/founders like Adyen, ASML, Philips, Unilever, Snowflake, Mollie, Booking, TomTom and many others has zero pride in its startups.

I love the Netherlands, but startups are not celebrated here and it’s a huge shame.

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Did you know you can use emoticons in AskAnna? Add some fun to your run names. You can search for emoticons as well. Feel free to try it out 🤩

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How to illustrate AI? Please stop using robots looking like humans. AI is not a terminator. It's just statistics.

Do you want other AI images than you get from Google? Take a look at Better Images of AI: https://t.co/3oz7cOc9dr

@R_Dimm thanks for the tip!

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Time to improve the way we store files in @AskAnnaHQ. Today I start with adding support for saving files to MinIO buckets. If you have any lessons I should keep in mind, please let me know.

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Running multiple models and comparing performance doesn't have to be hard. Check out this "how to" to see an example: https://t.co/j8yTtGG6R9

Of course, there is also an example run in AskAnna: https://t.co/KJwZ7vKAfZ