And betting on the outcomes — “I’ve got a hunch that Chelsea is going to win” isn’t a very good argument for why you should place a bet. “I’m using an algorithm that is proven to accurately predict outcomes better than the bookmakers” is much better. To predict these outcomes I’ve created a data warehouse with…

Running 1000s of simulations to find alpha — Over the summer I built a crypto currency trading bot using Python, Terraform and AWS. GitHub — liamhartley/cryptotradingbot: Cryptocurrency trading 24/7 based on technical analysis. A project to automatically run technical analysis strategies on AWS to trade cryptocurrencies whilst you sleep. This…github.com My aim is to generate a higher return on my bitcoin investment than I would have by simply hodling.

A season with crowds and some positive rule changes — As the reigning champions stepped out onto the pitch of an unusually quiet Anfield, they had no idea that they were about to embark upon one of the highest scoring months of football for over seven years. Liverpool kicked off last season with a bang by beating newcomers Leeds 4–3…

And a Brief History of Wellbeing — I’ve got a tonne of work to do and I only seem to have the energy to refresh the BBC News front page??? This isn’t how I wanted to spend the last thirty minutes but I feel completely burnt out after a difficult week at work. Burnout runs rife in…

Get the edge over your friends in the fantasy premier league — I’ve used all sorts of resources to try and predict the outcomes of football matches using Python. Python Betting Model for Six Football Leagues Using statistics, Pandas, BeautifulSoup and AWS to identify value betsmedium.com One of my favourites is Fantasy Football Scout’s lineup predictions. The website is updated in advance of every gameweek with their most up to date predictions and additional team news.

An ECS Cluster That Scales With Your Needs — This article aims to provide clear examples and instructions on how to develop a dynamic ECS (Elastic Container Service) module with Terraform. ‘Dynamic’ because the Terraform can easily scale up to handle more services and tasks as they are required.

Valuable life lessons from a month of sobriety — Inspiration I felt inspired to give the sober October challenge a try after my party-loving friend Michael told me that he was going to do the same. The rules are simple: stay sober for an entire month. I have no idea when I was last sober for an entire month, but…

The argument for an internet with borders — The internet inspired us to imagine a world without borders, where data could be shared freely amongst states and everyone was treated equally. However, the reality of a borderless internet has pushed China, Russia and America into a new cold war. China and Russia have tarnished the definition of ‘internet…