Blake Downward

@DataRecon

Bits and Bytes to Insights

Adelaide, AustraliaJoined January 2024

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Hey there, my name is Blake Downward from Australia. Background in e-commerce, finance and economics - now making the move to Data Science and applied Machine Learning.

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Freelance, contract, full-time ML engineering and data science roles.

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Data Recon: Bits & Bytes -> Insightsdatarecon.hashnode.dev8 posts

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BDBlake Downwarddatarecon.hashnode.devOct 18, 2025 · 8 min read

Founder Story Examples That Actually Sound Human

Every founder has a story... but few know how to tell it. The best founder stories aren't "pitches", they're reflections of the journey: the problem that sparked the idea, the moments of doubt, and the breakthrough that turned it into something real....

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BDBlake Downwarddatarecon.hashnode.devOct 8, 2025 · 5 min read

Why You Can't Write Your Own Founder Story (And Why That's Actually Good News)

You’ve rewritten your About page seventeen times. It still reads like a corporate memo mated with a CV. You know your story matters. You’ve read the articles. You’ve seen how the great founders do it - Airbnb’s “we couldn’t afford rent,” Spanx’s “I c...

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BDBlake Downwarddatarecon.hashnode.devJul 16, 2025 · 4 min read

GitMap: Turning Text Into GitHub-Style Heatmaps (and Learning Frontend Along the Way)

Ever needed a banner image with text and thought "I'll get an LLM to create that", but then the words come out weird? That's exactly how GitMap was born - a fun little project to level up my frontend chops and generate a decent looking banner image a...

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BDBlake Downwarddatarecon.hashnode.devApr 23, 2024 · 3 min read

5 Gems About Python Dictionaries You Really Should Know

Dictionaries are a fundamental data structure that every Python developer will encounter at some point. They offer an efficient way to store and manipulate data, making them a go-to structure for many programming tasks. In this article, we'll explore...

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BDBlake Downwarddatarecon.hashnode.devApr 22, 2024 · 7 min read

Building an Interface with Taipy

Welcome to the second post in this series where we are designing and building a web application with Python and Taipy. In the first post we covered Project Conception and Design, where we walked through the steps to take an idea for a project, define...

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Founder Story Examples That Actually Sound Human

Why You Can't Write Your Own Founder Story (And Why That's Actually Good News)

GitMap: Turning Text Into GitHub-Style Heatmaps (and Learning Frontend Along the Way)

5 Gems About Python Dictionaries You Really Should Know

Building an Interface with Taipy

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Blake Downward

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Blake Downward's blogs

Recently published

Founder Story Examples That Actually Sound Human

Why You Can't Write Your Own Founder Story (And Why That's Actually Good News)

GitMap: Turning Text Into GitHub-Style Heatmaps (and Learning Frontend Along the Way)

5 Gems About Python Dictionaries You Really Should Know

Building an Interface with Taipy