The latest articles on DEV Community by Blake Henderson (@blakeworks). https://dev.to/blakeworks https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4211032%2Fc7467c5a-8cfe-4335-9018-1e91ad4d995e.jpg https://dev.to/blakeworks en Blake Henderson Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:27:16 +0000 https://dev.to/blakeworks/a-checklist-for-turning-a-notebook-into-a-service-2g3k https://dev.to/blakeworks/a-checklist-for-turning-a-notebook-into-a-service-2g3k <p>After the third notebook-to-service conversion, I wrote a checklist. It's not clever, but it saves days.</p> <ul> <li>Pin the environment (requirements + Dockerfile)</li> <li>One entrypoint function: <code>load_model()</code> + <code>predict()</code> </li> <li>Golden input/output test</li> <li>Health endpoint that also checks model version</li> <li>Structured logs with request id and model version</li> <li>A fallback path when the model fails to load</li> </ul> <p>The last one is the one people forget. A service that crashes at startup is worse than a service that degrades.</p> <p>Side quest: learning Kotlin Multiplatform, because I keep ending up on teams that need a mobile client for their model.</p> machinelearning python devops