What are lambda expressions in Python?

In this blog post, I'll show you what lambda expressions are, and where we might use them in a data science setting.

Use pyprojroot and Python’s pathlib to manage your data paths!

Are file paths driving you crazy in your data science project repository? Come read how you can use pyprojroot and Python’s pathlib to help make life a tad easier. You’ll love this new tool in your toolkit!

Introducing a new essay on Markov models

Here's the motivation behind my latest essay explaining Markov models and their variants, as well as how to perform Bayesian inference on them.

Resources for learning Python during COVID-19

During the COVID-19 outbreak period, you might find yourself with a good chunk of time to pick up Python. It's an incredibly productive language to learn! At the same time, the wealth of resources out there can be intimidating. Here's my opinionated list of resources in 2020 that could be handy for you. And if you have others, be sure to share!

What can data scientists do during COVID-19?

What can data scientists do during the COVID-19 outbreak? Many things, but the most important is probably encouraging local action to stop the spread of the virus. Our number crunching and communication skills can be put to good use locally here. That's one way we can help outside of the usual recommendations.

That, and don't sneeze at the grocery store!

One Weird Trick to Speed Up Your TensorFlow Model 100X...

Have you found your deep learning model's forward pass to be excruciatingly slow? Come read on to learn how we made a deep learning model 100X faster!

Create your own auto-publishing slides with reveal-md and Travis CI

Hugo Bowne-Anderson, a long-time collaborator and friend in the PyData community, asked in passing about whether I would write a blog post detailing how to set up Travis CI to continually publish my Markdown-sourced slides to the web. I gladly obliged, and I hope you find it useful!

PyData Ann Arbor Meetup: Testing for Data Science

I went to Ann Arbor, MI, to give a talk on testing for data science, and I wanted to share a bit about what Ann Arbor, the PyData community in SE Michigan, and the food here was like.

“Honk on, you fools insecure in your miniscule private parts.”

In Massachusetts, how are cyclists supposed to use the road? I always had a few questions about my own knowledge, until I finally decided to re-check the rules of the road for cyclists and motorists. Turns out, I wasn’t wrong all this while.

FastAPI: Flask-like generator of web APIs

Have you heard of FastAPI? I didn't until a recent project at work, and I finally got a chance to test-drive it. Come read on to learn more about why it's fast!