Modern Python Cookbook — with lots and lots of recipes — is something you might need. Find the results of checking all these recipes here: https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Python-Cookbook-updated-techniques/dp/1835466389
I (reluctantly) switched from using mypy to using pyright to check all of these recipes carefully. The type alias (PEP …
more ...Big Announcement: the 2024.8 version of Unlearning SQL, and the 2024.9 version of Pivot to Python are available from booksellers online. Both are revised and all the code tested with Python 3.12.
This book shows you how to translate essential SQL concepts into the Python …
Let's say you want to self-publish an ebook and a print-on-demand paperback book.
This isn't impossible, nor is it particularly easy. Here's what I've learned.
You've got two obvious paths to make sure your EPUB book and your print-on-demand book match:
Book (pre) Announcement:
Book Announcement:
https://www.packtpub.com/en-us/product/modern-python-cookbook-9781835466384
There are about 130 recipes in here. Some new. Some revised. All examined (and tested) for Python 3.12.
For the Python folks who are just starting as well as those looking to pick up some more skills, this is for …
more ...See Synthetic Data.
I've updated the repository with a "Noisy Data" feature.
This will generate bulk data with invalid field values.
It helps with testing ETL pipelines to be sure they will scale to the expected volumes.
Clone https://github.com/slott56/DataSynthTool
Read https://slott56.github.io/DataSynthTool/_build …
more ...I've published a framework for doing SQL-like programming in Pure Python -- no database required.
Here: https://github.com/slott56/functional-SQL. See the functional-SQL documentation.
This allows us to transform SQL:
SELECT n.name, v.c2
FROM names_table n, values_table v
WHERE n.code = v.c1
To pure Python:
Select(name …I've published a framework for making tools to leverage formal schema definitions to synthesize bulk data for performance tuning.
Here: https://github.com/slott56/DataSynthTool.
See the original talk.
See the documentation
more ...Book? Second draft (with tech review comments addressed) off to editors.
Boat? Still on the hard during Hurricane Season.
I've had a passing interest in data synthesis for decades.
Early on in my career, I figured out how the Z/OS IEDBG utility worked. See https://www.ibm …
My sailing blog, Team Red Cruising is very large: 859 postings over the last few years. 2,334 image files.
This is a LOT of content.
A few of the files (were) Movies, which tend to create immense files.
The whole mess was so big
How Big Was It?
It …
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