Sep 10, 2021Creating an Alexa Audio Streaming Skill with api.audioThis article explains how you can create a simple Alexa Skill from scratch using api.audio content. First, we will create a personalized newscast and then, build an Alexa skill that is able to play the audio files generated using api.audio. Introduction In this blog post we will create a simple Alexa…Alexa Skills11 min readAlexa Skills11 min read
Jul 23, 20215 Things I’ve learned being a Startup CTOAs a technical founder of a tech startup, I often interact in sales conversations with other CTOs or tech leads. Don’t take the title literally — these tips may also be of interest to tech leads, VPE or other leadership roles at any tech startups. This articles aims to simply…Technology6 min readTechnology6 min read
May 28, 2021How to programmatically add audio to a youtube videoOur mission is to create frictionless audio experiences through coding. Video is a very important part — since video is often connected to audio. Video creation itself is already widely accessible: There are stock videos you can use to create your content and there are audio libraries with royalty-free music…Software Development2 min readSoftware Development2 min read
May 13, 2021How to share audio messages on SlackBefore we start I just wanted to give full disclosure that I’m a Co-Founder of Aflorithmic, so expect some bias towards what we’re building. Not only is it my job, audio tech is my passion. Aflorithmic makes scalable audio, something that has never been possible before, due to the fact…Software Development3 min readSoftware Development3 min read
Jun 21, 2020Why hasn’t the Tech ecosystem worked in Luxembourg?The screenshot above is specifically about Luxembourg, however I think this will be of interest to other ‘startup hubs’ and policy folks, entrepreneurs and those who are interested in the question of how to foster an innovative ecosystem. I’m an Irish entrepreneur — with a company that has offices in…Ecosystem Building6 min readEcosystem Building6 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·May 15, 2020Member-onlyLessons learned building multiple apps with Expo and React Nativeby Peadar Coyle and Salih Kasım Benli We used Expo managed flow for a year. Here are some things we’ve learned over the past 18 months with a small developer team. Aflorithmic Labs (www.aflorithmic.ai) is a deep-tech focused startup that’s building a platform for brands to create personalized audio experiences…React Native7 min readReact Native7 min read
Dec 7, 20195 reasons why I’m excited about Audio(Disclaimer: Working on something exciting and new in the audio/voice space, but we’re still in stealth mode — you can DM me on the internets to find out more) — I was recently listening to the podcast mentioned here this is where Marc Andressen the legendary investor and thinker about technology said: Audio is going to be titanically important — Marc Andressen Now it’s worth digging deep into why that’s the case. Here are 5 reasons I’m excited about audio/voice…Podcast4 min readPodcast4 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·Nov 19, 2018How to build a Bayesian model in 30 minutes or lessYou have a problem that you think might need some Bayesian modelling A common question I’m asked is how do you start? In this tutorial I take you from a fresh data set, the data set is an educational dataset. I don’t know anything about the data, and I have no specific domain knowledge. I adapt the model from the PyMC3 documentation. …Machine Learning4 min readMachine Learning4 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·Nov 1, 2018What is Bayesian Statistics used for?Probabilistic Programming versus Machine Learning In the past ten years, we’ve seen an explosion in Machine Learning applications, these applications have been particularly successful in search, e-commerce, advertising, social media and other verticals. …Machine Learning5 min readMachine Learning5 min read
Oct 31, 2018Why would I ever need Bayesian Statistics?Probabilistic Programming versus Machine Learning In the past ten years, we’ve seen an explosion in Machine Learning applications, these applications have been particularly successful in search, e-commerce, advertising, social media and other verticals. …Machine Learning5 min readMachine Learning5 min read
