Tech Talk with Rea and Ashwin

On the season finale, Rea and Ashwin are joined by Sarah Shaik and Nakul Malhotra. The theme of our discussion is 'ethics in technology' We discuss the example of a smart home speaker (think 'Google Home') and all the ethichal aspects around Google Home's usage and data governance. Sarah introduces us to the 3 pillars of ethics in technology - 1. rights to data, 2. utilitarianism and 3. Common...

On the 7th episode, we recap Neural Networks and introduce Deep Neural Networks / Deep Learning. We discuss the advantages of Deep Learning , its real-world applications, and how they are different from neural networks. Deep Learning is compute-intensive and when used well, can save thousands of hours while trying to make predictions. Show notes- Edu material - Neural Networks in 5 minutes - h...

On episode 6, we discuss some common day-to-day examples of where AI and ML are being used. For example - Spotify's Discovery feature, Youtube Video Recommendations, Facial Recognition. We deep dive into the example of how AI and ML tools can help with predicting the value of a property. We understand why and how more data (and inputs) increases the accuracy of whatever we are trying to predic...

On episode 5, we do a brief recap of episodes 1 to 4 and solidify the learnings by discussing the NoSQL Document Database and its application in a real-life marketing scenario. Have you ever gotten targeted with images of a product on social media only minutes after you mentioned the product to a friend or browsed it on your phone? Listen more to find out how this works! Relevant timestamps- ...

On episode 4, we discuss the types of Relational (SQL) Databases provided by different Cloud Providers and their unique benefits. We break down the terms 'cloud native' and 'cloud capable' services. We discuss ROI, one of the key metrics that helps a company in making a decision about moving to the cloud or not. We also chat about data warehousing and reiterate the value of the cloud. Relevant ...

On the third episode of the show, we talk about the different layers of an application and specifically focus on databases. We introduce and breakdown 'SQL' and 'NoSQL' databases. We also talk about their use-cases and benefits while introducing examples like Netflix. We chat about ACID compliance and wrap the episode up, with a quick summary. Recommended reading- A link that summarises SQL v/s...

On the 2nd episode of 'Tech Talk with Rea Ashwin', we chat about 3 different cloud service  Models- their key features, benefits and examples- 1. Infrastructure as a service (IaaS), 2. Platform as a service (PaaS) and 3. Software as a Service (SaaS). Our host, Rea, uses a ‘Pizza cooking’ example to simplify the understanding of the 3 models.   Relevant timestamps: 0-1.45-Intro 1.45-2.20-Recap 2...

On the first episode of Tech Talk, we talk about the basics of Cloud and what 'cloud computing' means. We elaborate the advantages of Cloud and how it helps businesses be more efficient. We also breakdown the terms- 'Virtualization','Multitenancy' and 'Web Services'- 3 terms that you cannot escape while learning about the cloud. Relevant timestamps: 1:30-3:00- Intro 3:00-4.30- Defining the clou...