Derrick Mwiti is the author of the Leanpub book Introductory Tutorials For Machine Learning: Kickstart your Career in Machine Learning. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Derrick about his background, the startup scene in Nairobi and elsewhere in Kenya, whether you need a Computer Science degree to start a career in machine learning, how he got into blogging and writing, machine learning in general and how it can be used to do things like fight everything from spam to insurance fraud and even help with writing software, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on February 19, 2019.

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Luc P. Beaudoin is the author of the Leanpub book Cognitive Productivity with macOS®: 7 Principles for Getting Smarter with Knowledge. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Luc about meta-effectiveness, postmodernism and the philosophy of science, cognitive productivity, his book, and the launch of his innovative new productivity app Hook.

This interview was recorded on February 12, 2019.

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Jonathan Boccara is the author of the Leanpub book The Legacy Code Programmer's Toolbox: Practical skills for software professionals working with legacy code. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Jonathan about his background, the gruelling examination process for getting into the French Grandes écoles, how to make presentations with great visualizations, the psychological and practical challenges of dealing with legacy code in software, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on February 12, 2019.

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Sarah K. Peck is the author of the Leanpub book Pregnancy Affirmations: Words of Wisdom for Pregnancy, Birth, New Motherhood and the Postpartum Period. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Sarah about her background, her diverse career, her love of writing, the inspiration behind Startup Pregnant, some pretty serious politics, her book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about her experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on February 6, 2019.

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Leonardo Giordani is the author of the Leanpub book Clean Architectures in Python: A practical approach to better software design. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Leonardo about his background, studying telecommunications in Milan, the Amiga computer and its issues running DOOM, the importance of test-driven development in programming, clean software architecture, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on January 29, 2018.

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Christoph Molnar is the author of the Leanpub book Interpretable Machine Learning: A Guide for Making Black Box Models Explainable. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Christoph about his background, what it takes to work on a Ph.D., his book and interpretability, as well as machine learning generally, some dystopian possibilities for the future, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author, including the systemic use of a free translation tool.

This interview was recorded on January 22, 2019.

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Jay Hoffmann is the author of the Leanpub book The History of the Web, Volume I. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Jay about his background and career, starting and maintaining a popular newsletter, his book, the history of the web, the challenges the web presents to historians, some of the more interesting stories that he's researched, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience self-publishing.

This interview was recorded on January 16, 2018.

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Nathan Bransford is a freelance editor and media strategy consultant, an author, and a former literary agent for Curtis Brown. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Nathan about his background, studying English at Stanford during the dot com boom, work as a literary agent, getting published, and current issues facing the book publishing industry.

This interview was recorded on January 9, 2019.

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Sandy Maguire is the author of the Leanpub book Thinking with Types: Type-Level Programming in Haskell. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Sandy about his background, working at Facebook and Google, retiring at a young age and travelling, Haskell, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on December 18, 2018.

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Brad Sams is the author of the Leanpub book Beneath A Surface: The Story of How Microsoft Overcame a $900 Million Write-Down to Become the Hero of the PC Industry. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Brad about his background, his work for the Blue Whale Web Media Group, being a tech journalist, the tricky business of handling leaks and anonymous sources, his book, and the fascinating product and brand story of the Microsoft Surface, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published book author.

This interview was recorded on December 11, 2018.

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