Blog Posts – Paul Johnson

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on the pavement beside the road.

Automating Netlify Redirects in Quarto Using Lua

Save yourself from yourself by generating website redirects using a Lua script.

Netlify

Quarto

Web Development

Lua

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Testing Transfermarkt’s Squad Market Values

Get in losers, we’re going validating.

Football Analytics

Statistics

Machine Learning

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on the keys about to type.

How to Write About Data Science (Effectively)

Writing about data science like you have interacted with another human being before.

Writing

Scientific Communication

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Burgers written in place of the patty.

Predicting Bob’s Burgers Episode Ratings

Proving that machine learning can be effective for even the dumbest of problems.

Machine Learning

Hyperparameter Optimisation

Python

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New Years Eve, in the background, with the harbour in the foreground, filled
with boats watching the firework display.

Resolutions for the Poster’s Reformation

It’s a brand new year. All our past failures are 2024’s problem. Do not, under any circumstances, accept responsibility for your actions. 2025 is our year.

Me Me Me

Updates

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Analysing Money’s Effect on Football Using Multilevel Regression

What if I told you that we can use statistics to laugh at the silly football teams too?

Multilevel Regression

Statistics

Football Analytics

R

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