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  "id": 666183,
  "title": "[First Place Notebook] Sometimes Simple Models Still Reign",
  "content": "<p>Hi everyone, I've written out my thought process and the reproducible code to my winning solution in the notebook link below.</p>\n<p>Thank you to <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/davidelgas\" target=\"_blank\">@davidelgas</a> for organizing the contest! And thank you to the second place winner <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/abhishekp235\" target=\"_blank\">@abhishekp235</a> for the inspiration to post the notebook.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/code/sdeep27/first-place-solution-sometimes-simple-models-s\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/code/sdeep27/first-place-solution-sometimes-simple-models-s</a></p>",
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      "id": 3386840,
      "author_name": "Abhishek Godara",
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      "post_date": "2026-01-05T23:48:18.273000",
      "content": "<p>Great solution. I really liked the emphasis on understanding the data and keeping the modeling simple and well-behaved. This was a nice demonstration that solid diagnostics and restraint can outperform more complex approaches.</p>",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
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    {
      "id": 3386840,
      "postDate": "2026-01-05T23:48:18.273Z",
      "content": "<p>Great solution. I really liked the emphasis on understanding the data and keeping the modeling simple and well-behaved. This was a nice demonstration that solid diagnostics and restraint can outperform more complex approaches.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Great solution. I really liked the emphasis on understanding the data and keeping the modeling simple and well-behaved. This was a nice demonstration that solid diagnostics and restraint can outperform more complex approaches.\n",
      "votes": 1
    },
    {
      "id": 3386709,
      "postDate": "2026-01-05T18:13:54.810Z",
      "content": "<p>Hi everyone, I've written out my thought process and the reproducible code to my winning solution in the notebook link below.</p>\n<p>Thank you to <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/davidelgas\" target=\"_blank\">@davidelgas</a> for organizing the contest! And thank you to the second place winner <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/abhishekp235\" target=\"_blank\">@abhishekp235</a> for the inspiration to post the notebook.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/code/sdeep27/first-place-solution-sometimes-simple-models-s\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/code/sdeep27/first-place-solution-sometimes-simple-models-s</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi everyone, I've written out my thought process and the reproducible code to my winning solution in the notebook link below.\n\nThank you to @davidelgas for organizing the contest! And thank you to the second place winner @abhishekp235 for the inspiration to post the notebook.\n\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/code/sdeep27/first-place-solution-sometimes-simple-models-s",
      "votes": 1
    }
  ],
  "complete": true,
  "source": "live",
  "fetched_at": "2026-10-20T08:11:38Z",
  "competition_id": 111424,
  "competition_slug": "california-homelessness-prediction-challenge",
  "team_id": 14946800,
  "solution_url": "/competitions/california-homelessness-prediction-challenge/writeups/first-place-notebook-sometimes-simple-models-sti"
}