Using Jekyll and Nix to blog

For my blogging I use Jekyll and Nix, hosted on Github Pages. Now that we have a working Nix on Windows setup, we can start to blog.

Gemfile

It all starts with a simple, Gemfile where I specify the dependencies needed. It should look something like this:

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 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 gem 'github-pages', group: :jekyll_plugins
 gem "minima"
 gem 'jekyll-seo-tag'
 gem 'jekyll-paginate'

Nix on Microsoft Windows 10

Using nix, the functional package manager on the Windows Subsystem for Linux is fairly easy, however a couple of additional steps need to be done. We will be using Ubuntu from the Microsoft Store, apply some workarounds, and install nix. Nix is also the basis of NixOS a purely functional linux distribution.

AI, Amplifying human ingenuity through Intelligent Technology @ Data Innovation Summit (disummit.com) '18

@WesleyBackelant and I spoke at disummit.com on AI and some of it’s Ethical challenges, as well as the Microsoft AI platform.

Azure Databricks and Spark @ Techorama '18

AI, Amplifying human ingenuity through Intelligent Technology @ Big Data Expo '18

@WesleyBackelant and I spoke at the first edition of BigData-expo.be on AI and some of it’s Ethical challenges, as well as the Microsoft AI platform.