PinnedHenry AlpertinGeek CultureA Python Script for Playing WordleLike a lot of other people, I caught the Wordle craze when it ramped up at the end of 2021 and beginning of 2022. My youngest son…Apr 25, 2023Apr 25, 2023
Henry AlpertinPlumbers Of Data ScienceImport and Export Files to and from GitHub via APIGitHub is typically used as a repository for code, but GitHub can also be used as a locker for a project’s assets and files.Jan 12, 2023Jan 12, 2023
Henry AlpertinTowards Data ScienceHow to Create an LDAP Sandbox for Pipeline TestingUse Docker containers, either locally or in the cloudNov 17, 20221Nov 17, 20221
Henry AlpertHow to Use Beautiful Soup to Parse Text for NLP ProjectsThe Internet is filled with words, and behind every webpage those words are nestled within a hierarchy of HTML tags. Beautiful Soup is a…Mar 5, 20221Mar 5, 20221
Henry AlpertinTowards Data ScienceTime Series Visualizations in Google Data StudioIncluding visualizations with running totals and with missing data.Jan 7, 20221Jan 7, 20221
Henry AlpertinTowards Data ScienceSix Questions About Data Science EthicsDuring the years of Facebook’s ascent, Mark Zuckerberg’s motto was famously, “Move fast and break things.” Well, since those days, a lot…Sep 3, 2021Sep 3, 2021
Henry AlpertinTowards Data ScienceHow xticks and xticklabels Really Work: a WalkthroughI was recently creating visualizations in Seaborn, which is based on Matplotlib, and when labeling the x-axis, I wasn’t getting the results…Aug 17, 20212Aug 17, 20212
Henry AlpertFive Ways to Count Characters in a String in PythonIf you wanted to count the number of characters in a string in Python or otherwise convert a list to a dictionary with each item counted…Jul 16, 2021Jul 16, 2021
Henry AlpertinTowards Data ScienceUsing Machine Learning to Categorize Texts into TopicsAfter reading a news article — whether the subject matter is U.S. politics, a movie review, or a productivity tip — you can turn to…May 19, 20211May 19, 20211