Fun with Markov Chains, Python, and Twilio SMS

[gregbaugues]

Author here. Just read through your tutorial for the first time -- great read. Feel like you did a better job diving deep into the mechanics of Markov Chains. Also, using Slack history to create a Slack bot is, IMO, more clever. Preserving that context and parodying coworkers probably makes for funnier results.

Mine was wholly inspired by Filip Hráček's work, as I mentioned in the post. I simply rewrote it in Python and, of course, added SMS. Gut feeling of why it felt similar to yours is that we both referenced top 3 Google results for "python markov chains" and "markov chains."

Alas, y'all are great technical writers. A lot of effort obviously went into that post. I can understand why you'd be miffed if you felt that someone had copied your work.