Python

New data science tools and state-of-the-art models make a splash on a daily basis, but Python, for all its frequently cited shortcomings (speed, anyone?), remains one of the main unifiers of data and ML practitioners around the world. Scroll down the TDS homepage on any given day, and you’ll find…

One of the coolest methods I have learned from Matplotlib — Introduction Data visualization is very important. We could develop a lot just from this sentence, but I believe you already got the “picture”. I am sure this is not the first time you hear this. And even if it is, I still assume it’s not a surprise, right? A plot is…

Shortest Path, Traveling Salesman Problem, Vehicle Routing Problem, Plotting Maps and Animations — In this article, I will use Python to address the following problem: what is the optimal route for 1 or more vehicles in order to deliver to a set of customers?

In today’s recreational coding exercise, we learn a more advanced and robust Monte Carlo approach for model parameter fitting, which also allows us to calculate the Bayesian evidence of a model and perform model selection. …

Decoding the Future — Coding: the universal language of the future. An increasingly digitized world places extraordinary importance on those who understand this unique dialect. Let’s dive into a whirlwind tour of the most in-demand programming languages of the next decade. Get ready, fellow coders; our journey through the Land of Code is about…

Some time ago I wrote a post on how to do feature engineering with Snowpark for Scala based on generated credit card transactions, based on the Machine Learning for Credit Card Fraud Detection — Practical Handbook. The data generation at that time was done using Python and Pandas DataFrames, but…

They Work Wonders When Used The Correct Way — The first time I heard about the lambda function, I thought it would be very useful and unique. But when I learned it, it didn’t impress me enough! Why was that so? It was because of the dumb examples that I tried using. Sometimes, a coding concept wouldn’t feel interesting…

In the Python’s sprawling wilderness, there are hidden gems (or are they?). Let's explore some obscure packages that, for one reason or another, you probably won't find in your next project's requirements.txt. 1. Antigravity (Standard Python Library) Yes, it's real! But no, it won't help you escape Earth's gravitational pull. It's actually a fun easter…

For a long time, Snowflake has primarily been used for working with structured and semi-structured data. However, with Snowpark for Python and the vast ecosystem of open-source libraries, more and more customers are interested in working with unstructured data such as image data. In this series of blog articles, I…