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…10 min read·Apr 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.4 min read·Jan 12, 2023----
Henry AlpertinTowards Data ScienceHow to Create an LDAP Sandbox for Pipeline TestingUse Docker containers, either locally or in the cloud7 min read·Nov 17, 2022--1--1
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…6 min read·Mar 5, 2022--1--1
Henry AlpertinTowards Data ScienceTime Series Visualizations in Google Data StudioIncluding visualizations with running totals and with missing data.6 min read·Jan 7, 2022--1--1
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…6 min read·Sep 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…5 min read·Aug 17, 2021--2--2
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…3 min read·Jul 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…4 min read·May 19, 2021--1--1