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India’s 2015 National Classification of Occupations Data File

One of the outputs from a project I worked on in 2025 was a data file of India's 2015 National Classification of Occupations. The

Calculating the United State’s ‘reciprocal’ tariffs

This post provides R code that reproduces the ‘reciprocal’ tariffs imposed by the US. in early 2025.

Going solo II: some (more) things to think about before becoming an independent consultant

13-03-2025

this post explores some of the personal implications of becoming a freelance consultant, such as 'relevance deprivation' and leaving the comfort of having an established systems for managing your time, performance and career path.

Going solo: things to think about before becoming an independent consultant

15-02-2025

In this post I outline some of the things I wish I'd known about becoming an independent consultant before taking the plunge.

From code to conversation: Localized AI fun with LM Studio and the ellmer package

Summary: in this post I demonstrate how you can interact with locally hosted LLM models in R using the ellmer package and LM Studio.