Collaborative edit for Jupyter Notebooks

TL, DR Jupyter Notebooks are one of the most common tools for data scientist to explore new challenges and prototype solutions. In most cases, this process is a collaborative one. And since a couple of years, it would be quite common that you will interact with your co-workers remotely. Collaborative edit capabilities for Jupyter Notebooks… Continue reading Collaborative edit for Jupyter Notebooks

Import NA strings in Pandas the right way

TL, DR Pandas has great parsing tools to let you import data from multiple file formats (CSV, Excel, etc…). Sometimes in your data you have “NA” strings that are valid values. However, Pandas default will consider those strings as markers for missing values. Below some option you can use to prevent this default and import… Continue reading Import NA strings in Pandas the right way

Minio, a powerful self-hosted object storage

TL, DR Minio is a powerful open source self-hosted object storage, similar to S3, that you can deploy on your own hardware or cloud instance. You can also deploy it on a Raspberry Pi. It has a comprehensive Python SDK for all operations. Minio Server Minio is a powerful open source software that enables you… Continue reading Minio, a powerful self-hosted object storage

Deta Cloud, a free platform for developers

TL, DR Deta Cloud is a free platform where you can deploy micro-APP. It includes serverless functions, a NoSQL database, and cloud object storage. You can use Python or Node.js to develop and deploy your app for free. Deta Cloud Deta Cloud is a new platform that you can use to deploy small projects. It… Continue reading Deta Cloud, a free platform for developers

Self-updating webpages without refresh using Flask and HTMX

TL, DR Flask Sock and HTMX enable the creation of self-updating webpages that do not need refresh, with minimal dependencies and overhead. This is a solution you can easily implement and deploy for very simple projects. HTMX makes webpages dynamic HTMX is an interesting framework that helps you building interactive and self-updating webpages without other… Continue reading Self-updating webpages without refresh using Flask and HTMX

Google Foobar Challenge level 5 – Expanding Nebula

TL, DR Google Foobar is a hidden coding challenge by Google, and Expanding Nebula is the challenge I solved using Python in order to complete level 5. This post is part of a series on Google Foobar, with all the challenges I encountered. The full series is available here. Getting ready to run The ninth… Continue reading Google Foobar Challenge level 5 – Expanding Nebula