Mexico City, Mexico

Skalas

Miguel Escalante — Data Scientist, Mathematician, Developer. Notes on data, machine learning, engineering, and the occasional detour.

Writing

April 21, 2026

From police analytics to earthquake response — Part 1

A few honest notes on the jobs I've held, the things I got wrong, and what the work actually feels like. Part 1 of 2.

Career
April 11, 2016

Chronos, Cron.

A pragmatic intro to cron for automating periodic data tasks on Ubuntu.

Automating
October 15, 2015

Juay the Docker

An intro to Docker — containers, images, and why they end the 'works on my machine' problem.

DevOps