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Machine Learning Engineering with Python - Second Edition

By : Andrew P. McMahon
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Machine Learning Engineering with Python - Second Edition

1.8 (4)
By: Andrew P. McMahon

Overview of this book

The Second Edition of Machine Learning Engineering with Python is the practical guide that MLOps and ML engineers need to build solutions to real-world problems. It will provide you with the skills you need to stay ahead in this rapidly evolving field. The book takes an examples-based approach to help you develop your skills and covers the technical concepts, implementation patterns, and development methodologies you need. You'll explore the key steps of the ML development lifecycle and create your own standardized "model factory" for training and retraining of models. You'll learn to employ concepts like CI/CD and how to detect different types of drift. Get hands-on with the latest in deployment architectures and discover methods for scaling up your solutions. This edition goes deeper in all aspects of ML engineering and MLOps, with emphasis on the latest open-source and cloud-based technologies. This includes a completely revamped approach to advanced pipelining and orchestration techniques. With a new chapter on deep learning, generative AI, and LLMOps, you will learn to use tools like LangChain, PyTorch, and Hugging Face to leverage LLMs for supercharged analysis. You will explore AI assistants like GitHub Copilot to become more productive, then dive deep into the engineering considerations of working with deep learning.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
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Summary

This chapter has been all about best practices for when you write your own Python packages for your ML solutions. We went over some of the basic concepts of Python programming as a refresher before covering some tips and tricks and good techniques to bear in mind. We covered the importance of coding standards in Python and PySpark. We then performed a comparison between object-oriented and functional programming paradigms for writing your code. We moved onto the details of taking the high-quality code you have written and packaging it up into something you can distribute across multiple platforms and use cases. To do this, we looked into different tools, designs, and setups you could use to make this a reality. This included a brief discussion of how to find good use cases for packaging up. We continued with a summary of some housekeeping tips for your code, including how to test, log, and monitor in your solution. We finished with a brief philosophical point on the importance...