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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 11/05/2026

Anyone have a personal contact at a bootcamp or university where they teach #MachineLearning using #Python? I'd love to talk with them about incorporating my book into their curriculum! Feel free DM me their contact info 🙏 Read the book online (free!): mlbook.dataschool.io

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 05/05/2026

Floored by the response to my new #Python #MachineLearning book 🤩 Paperback: geni.us/MasterML Ebook: courses.dataschool.io/ebook Read online (free!): mlbook.dataschool.io

Cover image of a book, "Master Machine Learning with scikit-learn: A Practical Guide to Building Better Models with Python", with an exploding head emoji pointing to a perfect 5.0 Amazon rating with 26 reviews.

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 13/03/2026

My book is the #1 New Release in NLP! 🥳 Amazon US put it on sale... for $0.95 off 😂 Get the paperback: geni.us/MasterML Or read online (free!): mlbook.dataschool.io #MachineLearning #Python @scikit-learn.org

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 27/02/2026

My new book - on sale NEXT WEEK! 🎉 Sign up to get notified when it's available: dataschool.kit.com/mlbook #MachineLearning #Python @scikit-learn.org

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 20/02/2026

Final proof copy of my new #MachineLearning book 🎉 Get notified the moment it's available: dataschool.kit.com/mlbook @scikit-learn.org

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 16/09/2025

OpenAI's analysis of "how people use ChatGPT" Source: cdn.openai.com/pdf/a253471f...

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 11/09/2025

Dream unlocked: I'm publishing my first book! 🎉🎉🎉 It's called "Master Machine Learning with scikit-learn: A Practical Guide to Building Better Models with Python" Download the first 3 chapters right now: 👉 dataschool.kit.com/mlbook 👈 Thanks for your support 🙏

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 21/08/2025

@simonwillison.net Pelican riding a bike! From the Trader Joe's August 2025 Fearless Flyer: www.traderjoes.com/home/ff (I can confirm that this illustration is on the front page of the printed version as well.)

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 10/06/2025

Mega Terminal Cheat Sheet by @b0rk.jvns.ca Printable version here: wizardzines.com/terminal-che...

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 22/05/2025

Claude 4 API is now available!

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 21/05/2025

🙋‍♀️ Curious about Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)? 👨‍🏫 Allow me to explain! Here's the video outline: 0:00 RAG definition 0:14 Problem that RAG solves 0:49 RAG part 1: Indexing 1:43 RAG part 2: Retrieval and generation 2:38 How RAG prevents hallucinations

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 27/03/2025

Claude finally integrated web search into its results... But with LangChain & LangGraph, you can build a chatbot that integrates web search into ANY model you like! You'll learn how to do that (and much more) in my new AI course... Sign up for EARLY ACCESS: 👉 dataschool.kit.com/agents 👈

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 24/03/2025

Just finished recording my new AI course 😅 Sign up for early access: dataschool.kit.com/agents

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 13/03/2025

"To Type or Not to Type?" is an excellent introduction (and reference guide) to type hints in Python: blog.jonathanchun.com/2025/02/16/t...

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 04/03/2025

19 professionals (in a variety of fields) evaluated OpenAI's Deep Research vs Google's Deep Research. OpenAI was the clear winner 🏆 Neat study by @binarybits.bsky.social, read more here: www.understandingai.org/p/these-expe...

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 07/02/2025

Comparing: - Software Developers - ML Engineers - LLM Developers - Prompt Engineers Read here: www.louisbouchard.ai/llm-develope... Image & article by Louis-François Bouchard

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 27/01/2025

I asked GPT-4o to write a New Yorker-style caption for this real New Yorker cartoon. Here was my favorite: "Just wait until the Series A investors hear we’ve gone fully remote." And the real caption: "The wind in your hair, the scent of nature all around—this is what data entry was meant to be."

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 09/01/2025

New paper: "Frontier Models are Capable of In-context Scheming" 😏 Read here: arxiv.org/pdf/2412.04984 "Models that are trained on large volumes of text scraped from the web learn a variety of human-like behaviors, both positive and negative." (analysis from @deeplearningai.bsky.social)

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 07/01/2025

#Python 14-Day Challenge starts in 1 week! 🚀 Join here: courses.dataschool.io/python-essen... You'll: - Complete my Python course - Complete a bonus project - Access a private community to support your learning It's FREE for everyone who owns the course, or buy the course today for $49 (reg. $69)

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 02/01/2025

The first library I'm going to try out is "wat: Deep inspection of Python objects" github.com/igrek51/wat Looks like it is really thoughtfully designed 👏

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 20/12/2024

Results from LinkedIn poll:

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 10/12/2024

And if cost and speed are a concern, here are The Neuron's top picks 👇 Keep in mind that the field is evolving constantly, and new models are released almost every day! 🤯 Source: www.theneurondaily.com/p/top-ai-mod... Sign up for The Neuron (affiliate link): sparklp.co/p/8d06bb74cf

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 10/12/2024

🏆 Which LLM is best? There's no one model that is superior across all use cases. Rather, each model has its strengths and weaknesses, plus costs vary widely! Here’s the best model for each task according to my favorite AI newsletter, The Neuron 👇

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 03/12/2024

With data's dance 🕺 I weave a spell 🪄 Making numbers 🔢 Come alive so well 🌿 My lessons echo 👂 Through the hills ⛰️ Where wisdom grows 💡 Like daffodils 🌼

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 01/12/2024

Building a custom AI chatbot in Python with @langchain.bsky.social and @langgraph.bsky.social 👇 Any other LangChain ⛓️ and LangGraph 🕸️ users on Bluesky? 🦋

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 29/11/2024

Sale starts now! Details here: 👉 courses.dataschool.io/black-friday 👈 Data School is a one-person company, and your purchase directly benefits me and my family. Thank you in advance for your support! 🙏

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 28/11/2024

I love how easy it is to view/edit your moderation settings! Just go to @moderation.bsky.app and scroll down.

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 27/11/2024

Love it. via @nedbat.com: 👉 nedbatchelder.com/blog/202411/... 👈

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 27/11/2024

My most-listened-to podcasts of 2024 (according to Pocket Casts) Includes: @atp.fm @lexfridman.bsky.social @briancasel.com What are yours?

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 27/11/2024

Exhaustive, mostly up-to-date comparison of all the tools for dependency management in Python: 👉 nielscautaerts.xyz/python-depen... 👈 One nitpick is that conda is criticized as being slow, even though it adopted parallelized package downloads & mamba's blazing fast dependency solver in late 2022 🔥

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 26/11/2024

Cool little LEGO gift from YouTube 🎁

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 26/11/2024

What's your most used emoji? Apparently mine is 🙌 Stats via Rocket (Mac app): matthewpalmer.net/rocket/

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 25/11/2024

Not looking to spend money on courses etc, but still interested in Python & Data Science? I've got 3 FREE courses (over 10k students), with more free courses to come: courses.dataschool.io/free-courses

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 25/11/2024

Black Friday is a great time to support indie creators (like me!): 👉 100% of profits go to creators & their families 👉 It can make up a large portion of a creator's annual income Here's a list by @trey.io of Python-related sales, many of which are from indie folks: treyhunner.com/2024/11/pyth...

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 25/11/2024

Data School courses are 40% off on Black Friday 🏷 It's my only sale of the year! 🎉 Details: courses.dataschool.io/black-friday Feel free to take a look 👀 and share with others! 🎁

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 24/11/2024

"Python's unofficial glossary" by @trey.io is possibly my favorite Python reference guide on the entire Internet I have turned to this page SO MANY TIMES when I think I understand a Python concept, but I just want to double-check that I've got my facts straight 👉 www.pythonmorsels.com/terms/ 👈

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 24/11/2024

Currently reading this book. It’s great! Should be helpful when building my next few courses 😉

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 23/11/2024

Amazing git cheat sheet from @b0rk.jvns.ca 👏👏👏 Download here: wizardzines.com/git-cheat-sh...

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 23/11/2024

I finally decided to join Bluesky because of @mijustin.bsky.social's excellent essay: justinjackson.ca/twitter-blue... Thanks Justin! 🙏

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Kevin Markham @dataschool.io · 23/11/2024

Hi, I'm Kevin! 👋 I'm a Data Science educator & entrepreneur living in Asheville, North Carolina 🌲 I've been teaching (in-person & online) since 2014. I love teaching, and I love running Data School! 🎓 Feel free to check out my courses. Everyone is welcome! courses.dataschool.io

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