# Blog > Writing about machine learning, software engineering, personal finance, and building products - HTML version: https://robbiepalmer.me/blog ### [How To Automatically Detect PII for Real-Time Cyber Defense](https://robbiepalmer.me/blog/2023-05-23-automatically-detect-pii-real-time-cyber-defense.md) 2023-05-23 · 11 min read · data-governance, cybersecurity, machine-learning, kafka, pii Using machine learning-powered PII detection to enable advanced SIEM, SOAR, and analytics use cases for real-time cybersecurity threat detection and response. ### [Uniting the Machine Learning and Data Streaming Ecosystems - Part 2](https://robbiepalmer.me/blog/2023-04-04-uniting-machine-learning-data-streaming-2.md) 2023-04-04 · 12 min read · machine-learning, data-streaming, kafka, python, flink Exploring SQL as an ecosystem bridge, solutions to interface the JVM and Python interpreter, and code examples for building streaming machine learning solutions today. ### [Uniting the Machine Learning and Data Streaming Ecosystems - Part 1](https://robbiepalmer.me/blog/2023-03-28-uniting-machine-learning-data-streaming-1.md) 2023-03-28 · 17 min read · machine-learning, data-streaming, kafka, mlops Exploring the current state of machine learning and data streaming markets, the opportunities where they overlap, and the socio-technical barriers we need to overcome to unite them. ### [Effective and Ethical Data Science Study Design](https://robbiepalmer.me/blog/2023-02-24-effective-ethical-data-science-study-design.md) 2023-02-24 · 26 min read · data-science, science, philosophy Data science is full of bias. We must understand the fundamentals of study design, sampling methodologies and feature engineering to produce effective and ethical solutions. ### [Navigating Titles in the Data & Machine Learning Market](https://robbiepalmer.me/blog/2022-06-29-navigating-titles-in-the-ml-market.md) 2022-06-29 · 7 min read · software, data-science, management Outlining the increasing number of roles, their inter-relations and their associated skill-sets ### [Are All Experiments Actually Quasi-Experiments?](https://robbiepalmer.me/blog/2022-03-28-quasi-experiments.md) 2022-03-28 · 6 min read · philosophy, science Valid experiments depend on randomisation and other fundamentals. Are these even theoretically possible never mind practically? ### [The Philosophy of Data Science](https://robbiepalmer.me/blog/2022-03-02-the-philosophy-of-data-science.md) 2022-03-02 · 35 min read · philosophy, data-science How data science can drive scientific revolutions ### [How to Enable Multi-omic Data Management](https://robbiepalmer.me/blog/2022-02-28-enabling-multi-omic-data-management.md) 2022-02-28 · 18 min read · data-science, bioinformatics, data-management, data-mesh Exploring data management structures from Data Warehouses to Data Meshes, and how to leverage multi-omic data effectively in bioinformatics and healthcare contexts. ### [Post-modern Management](https://robbiepalmer.me/blog/2022-02-07-post-modern-management.md) 2022-02-07 · 4 min read · management, economics, philosophy The move from specialisation to generalism to enable creative labour ### [Just Right Engineering](https://robbiepalmer.me/blog/2021-12-10-just-right-engineering.md) 2021-12-10 · 3 min read · software The nuanced balancing act that is the art of engineering ### [How to Build Wealth](https://robbiepalmer.me/blog/2020-09-27-how-to-build-wealth.md) 2020-09-27 · 14 min read · personal-finance, investing The three simple (not easy, but simple) steps that build wealth ### [Why You Shouldn't Buy a House](https://robbiepalmer.me/blog/2020-07-25-why-you-should-not-buy-a-house.md) 2020-07-25 · 12 min read · personal-finance, investing, housing Why buying a house doesn't make personal or financial sense for most people. Exploring the alternatives that are more effective, less risky, and easier to access. --- Markdown index of this site: https://robbiepalmer.me/llms.txt