Occam’s Razor: Adventures with Web Design
I’m still on track with my #100DaysOfCode journey and I now have about 3 versions of the professional website I am currently working on. Both of these are done purely on HTML and CSS.
Once I get the first stream of revenue coming in, then I would probably pay for typeform.com to publish this sleek looking survey for lead generation.
Key Takeaways
My key take away, so far, in my work and in my personal projects are the following:
- Software engineering and Data science is not all about code.
So much of the technology I’m just starting to learn is already out there — and even scaled to the heavens, oops, I meant “cloud”.
I’m from the Philippines and in 2020, we had clients who had glaring data discrepancies that if laid out and was set up early on, would have placed their company at the top of the game. So many insights could have been extracted from the data…. that they don’t collect (yet).
In the tech industry, engineers and analysts are united towards this common goal — solving technical problems and meeting people’s needs
I’ve seen it happen over and over where a dozen of well-meaning people launch these high-tech startups that dissolve faster than it started all because they lose sight of the users or customers and get drowned in trying to become the best software / best design / best app out there.
2. Everything is a remix.
If you haven’t seen the series, go check it out.
Most of the time, you just have to let go of your (developer or data science) ego and just use whatever tools make your life easier. We come back again to Occam’s razor — if it’s not simple, it’s not a solution!
You don’t have to code everything from scratch or to tune your very own hyperparameters to build a hyperfast machine learning back-end. By all means, use non-coding solutions! Especially if its for proof-of-concept. There’s Google Cloud Platform and AWS for these types of solutions. Build full stack machine learning projects within 2–3 hours, minimal to no code at all (GCP and AWS are not my sponsors, but if you guys want to sponsor me, you’re more than welcome!)
3. Focus on learning and growth
Don’t get discouraged when you see other people in the industry deploying crazy fantastic web apps with out-of-the-box, weirdly named frameworks. Just focus on learning and getting closer and closer to your goal.
After all, human life is but, in nine cases out of ten, a struggle for existence.
Here’s to us — for daring to live, living to struggle!