Bio
Before working in Developer Relations, Cheuk has been a Data Scientist in various companies which demands high numerical and programmatical skills, especially in Python. To follow her passion for the tech community, Cheuk has been a Developer Advocate for 3 years. Cheuk also contributes to multiple Open Source libraries like Hypothesis, Pytest, Pandas, Jupyter Notebook and Django.
Besides her work, Cheuk enjoys talking about Python on personal streaming platforms and podcasts. Cheuk has also been a speaker at Universities and various conferences. Besides speaking at conferences, Cheuk also organises events for developers. Conferences that Cheuk has organized include EuroPython (which she is a board member), PyData Global and Pyjamas Conf. Believing in Tech Diversity and Inclusion, Cheuk constantly organizes workshops and mentored sprints for minority groups. In 2021, Cheuk has become a Python Software Foundation fellow.
My Talks
AI and Algorithmic Art - Could computer take over human creativity?
Some think neural networks are magic boxes, let the computers to have a mind of its own. Beside making classifications and predictions, neural networks have also been used to creating pictures, mus...
Applying PyScript to Data Science Work
Everyone is talking about PyScirpt, a framework that allows you to run Python in the browser. Wonder how you can use it in your data science work? In this workshop, we will work on how to use PyScr...
Contributing 101: My first PR on GitHub
Imagine all open source contributors never volentee their time, all the libraries that you love: pandas, numpy, scikit-learn etc. are non-esisted, how difficult it would be to finish your DS projec...
Create a MNIST-like data set for Mahjong using Scikit-image
I play Mahjong, a game popular in East Asia. There are fixed tile designs of each Mahjong tile so it should be easy to detect what tile it is using machine learning. But first, we need a big enoug...
Don't just test, my friend, test better
We all know that we need to write tests, some of you may even practice test-driven development. Pytest provides lots of tools for you to write better tests, however, not all of them we are familiar...
Finding your first speaking oppotunity
Have you thought about speaking at a tech event? It sounds like a good idea for building up your career profile however it is also challenging for most who have not done it before. Through this tal...
Git and GitHub for Data Scientists - What I learnt in Open Source Contribution
Knowing how to use Git and GitHub would be an advantage for Data Scientist. Working with the engineer team to deploy your work requires basic software development practices. In this talk I will tel...
I am telling you 3 things about Chatbot (so you don't have to learn it the hard way)
Chatbot is cool! Now we can talk to our gadgets as if it's a real human, right? It also makes you wonder when you chat with the "customer service" online, is that a real person or a robot on the ot...
I hate writing tests, that's why I use Hypothesis
Ok, I lied, I still write tests. But instead of the example-based tests that we normally write, have you heard of property-based testing? By using Hypothesis, instead of thinking about what data I ...
Is it GDPR 2.0? What is CRA and how can it affect you and OSS in general
The European Parliament proposed a Cyber Resilience Act - basically wants all software to have an “EC” stamp on it. There is a non-commercial craft out but it is still not enough to make sure open-...
Power up your work with compiling and profiling
Have you been troubled by Python code that took too long to run? Do you want to know why and how to improve? In this workshop, we will introduce Numba - a JIT compiler that is designed to speed up ...
Reformating your code without AI - let's see how a formatter works
We don't need AI for writing better code! Formators like Black and PyBetter have been automatically refactoring messy code way before AI agents claim to help you write codes. In this talk, we are g...
Revolutionize Data Visulization with PyScript
Since the announcement of PyScript, it has gained lots of attention and imagination about how we can run applications of Python in the browser. Out of everything that I have come across, most of th...
The shadows that follow the AI generative models
Generative AI models are a buzz in recent years, from stable diffusion to ChatGPT our social media threads are flooded with people trying them out. However, following these models are issues that w...
Under and Dunder - Python secret functions
You may know dunder init, but how well do you know about other Python "magic" functions? Why are dunder functions not accessible? On the other hand, internal functions that start with an underscore...
Untangle Python Spaghetti - Deep dive into environments and dependencies management
After learning doing in Python, we started multiple Python or Data Science projects. Dependency management becomes a skill that we need to avoid requirement conflicts amount projects. In this talk,...
Untangle Spaghetti Python Paths - How to manage your Python enviroments
Do you have multiple versions of Python installed? Have you installed via Homebrew and Anaconda? Chances are, you have spaghetti Python paths, which could be a pain in the long run. It’s time to cl...
What is SBOM (Software Bill of Materials) and why you should care
To improve cybersecurity, especially supply chain security, SBOM (Software Bill of Materials) is no longer an alien term for software and will be expected to come with software distributions. Open ...
When dependabot is not enough - more tools to scan for vulnerabilities
I bet if you have your source code hosted on GitHub, you may have Dependabot activated and tell you when there is a vulnerability. However, do you know when will you get alerts? Are there any alter...
Will PyScript replace Django? - What PyScript is and is not
PyScript hit the community like a storm after its announcement and becomes the top trending project on GitHub. It allows the running of Python on the browser. But there's still some misunderstandin...