Suppressing, Ignoring Warnings in Python: Reference and Examples
11 Nov 2020 Examples on how to suppress warnings in python code, when needed. Can be used in standalone scripts, structured systems and/or jupyter notebooks.
Read More ›Pull-Requests: Best Practices and Lessons Learned
12 Oct 2020 Some tips and lessons learned on creating useful and pleasant PRs that are easy to review. Also some best practices on interacting with reviewers and peers in general.
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On Rolling out Backwards-Compatible Software Upgrades
10 Oct 2020 Thoughts on how to deal with problems that arise from legacy systems that have grown too much;
Read More ›Pandas Dataframes: Apply Examples
26 Sep 2020 Examples on how to use pandas apply, on columns, dataframes, etc, with best practices and warnings about performance.
Read More ›Python: Working with Paths & the Filesystem
26 Sep 2020 Several examples on how to work with paths and files in python, convert from relative to aboslute paths, check if a path points to a valid file, etc.
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11 Types of Data Products, with Examples
22 Sep 2020 Here is a list of data products you can build using various types of data science methods. Includes use cases and main techniques for each.
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Paper Summary: Improving Language Understanding by Generative Pre-Training
11 Sep 2020 Summary of the 2018 article "Improving Language Understanding by Generative Pre-Training" by Radford et al.
Bash Examples: String Operations
09 Sep 2020 How to interact with strings on bash scripts.
Read More ›jq: Sorting JSON objects
29 Aug 2020 Just simple examples on how to sort objects with jq
Read More ›Pytest Options: Best Practices and Examples
23 Aug 2020 Examples on how to use pytest to run tests, configure outputs, etc.
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