Nick ChildUsing Python, AWS Lambda Functions and Twitter as a notification databaseI recently joined a golf club and during the strange lock-down it’s been very very busy, you have to book days in advance to get a game…May 30, 20201May 30, 20201
Nick ChildHalving our AWS Lambda bill with parallel processing in PythonOverall compute time for all our Lambda functions were slashed by -65% and our AWS bill reduced by 53% all thanks to a tiny bit of…Nov 25, 20191Nov 25, 20191
Nick ChildKeeping an eye on Wall Street Bets with Google’s clever tricksOne of the more entertaining subreddits I’ve found on www.reddit.com is /r/wallstreetbets. They are a group of traders who pride…Jan 27, 20192Jan 27, 20192
Nick ChildDaily YouTube Trailer Views… With A Little Help From RedditA few months ago I thought it would be cool to see how often the trailers of big films are viewed once they released on YouTube. I thought…Dec 17, 20182Dec 17, 20182
Nick ChildGoogle Maps Drive Time & Distance… in Microsoft ExcelHere is a handy piece of VBA code that allows you to query the Google Maps API from Excel, you can feed it any two points that usually…Dec 17, 20183Dec 17, 20183