This post is long overdue. I actually left financial tech 3 months ago, but I've been caught up in a number of projects. The more interesting your life gets, the less time I have to blog. I'm trying to find the time by cutting down on Netflix time. Reading is now done entirely on the … Continue reading I Left Financial Tech… Here’s what I do Now
Author: maxwellflitton
Rwanda Med Tech 2019
If you don't know what to do with your spare time, and you don't have a solid business plan, the best thing you can do is work on an open-source project for free and give it to the world. I've tried to force half-baked businesses and they rarely pan out. Exposure and deliberate practice [link] … Continue reading Rwanda Med Tech 2019
3 things you shouldn’t wing in a tech startup
Chances are, you know of the stories of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. Kids who dropped out of college and founded massive companies. These guys offer inspiration and hope to entrepreneurs. They teach us that not only is this possible, but possible through example. This has given me a steady stream of hopeful students and … Continue reading 3 things you shouldn’t wing in a tech startup
Free/Easy Alert Systems with Discord
Over the last year out of touch politicians have been questioning the validity of pagers being used the NHS. I personally like pagers. They're simple and reliable. The NHS systems can barely talk to each other and from what I remember, there's always huge patches in any hospital where you can't get phone signal or … Continue reading Free/Easy Alert Systems with Discord
Google’s app Streams shows that the NHS is damaging its future
A couple of years ago, a Google company Deepmind worked with the Royal Free Hospital to produce an app for managing acute kidney injury. At the time I was working, and sitting exams so I never really gave it much thought. Somebody in the A and E where I was working told me that they … Continue reading Google’s app Streams shows that the NHS is damaging its future
Thrown a Party? You Already Intuitively Understand Overfitting in Machine Learning
I'm currently in South Africa attending a wedding. Whilst the South Africans are complaining about the weather as it's their winter here, I'm walking around in shorts, sandals, and short sleeved summer shirts. Still, this doesn't stop me packing my spare Macbook as I have deadlines. Imperial College London is teaching a computational medicine degree, … Continue reading Thrown a Party? You Already Intuitively Understand Overfitting in Machine Learning
The Importance of Data Engineering
I understand that there are plenty of reasons to start a digital project. I fully believe that most of you have seen an area where computers could solve a problem, or streamline a process. New advances like machine learning, VR, and blockchain offer people with domain knowledge opportunities to make a change. Sadly, a lot … Continue reading The Importance of Data Engineering
Machine Learning: Predicting With Man-Made Rules
So I've started taking a different route to work due to the fact that I am working at a different place. I've got to say, different lines have a different feel to them. I guess different districts house different types of people so it's not much of a revelation. I grew up in a small … Continue reading Machine Learning: Predicting With Man-Made Rules
4 Things I Learned Working in a London Startup as a Software Engineer
So I lived the Cliche for a while. I commuted to an edgy office in central London and wrote code for a financial tech startup. Why financial tech? Although I had a clinical background, London is a global center for financial tech. Unlike most startups in the NHS that had a few clinical connections, the … Continue reading 4 Things I Learned Working in a London Startup as a Software Engineer
How my clinical experience guided my machine learning project
I've now experienced machine learning in industry and academia, and my clinical training just didn't let me look past the pitfalls of applying machine learning in a system. I experienced machine learning in an academic and industrial setting. I cannot deny, the passion and dedication for machine learning are alive and well. There is no … Continue reading How my clinical experience guided my machine learning project
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