The author discusses a shift in approach to clustering mixed data, advocating for starting with the simpler Gower distance metric before resorting to more complex embedding techniques like UMAP. They introduce 'Gower Express', an optimized and accelerated implementation of Gower.
An overview of clustering algorithms, including centroid-based (K-Means, K-Means++), density-based (DBSCAN), hierarchical, and distribution-based clustering. The article explains how each type works, its pros and cons, provides code examples, and discusses use cases.
