Brady @DataCastworks

Pretty sure I'm coding wrong

🎉 Pandas 3 is out!

As of a short while ago, installing #Python #Pandas from PyPI, with either pip or uv, will give you the latest version.

What's new? What has changed? 🤔

I've got a whole YouTube playlist to tell you: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Ok, so you've got a big JSON, what are you going to do with it?

#postgresql #pythoncoding

Good read. I'm wondering at what level you get cross-talk between the two systems if they're such independent paths? Are there nodes where the two converge, or at least where the traditional metrics and databases serve as one source of context for the AI side?

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My first home server dropped off the network. I caught it in time for my cron scripts to recover, but it made me realize that the whole thing can fail silently. I’m using a dead man switch now (healthchecks.io) now so that won't happen again.

@monkeyseemonkeydo.lv #pythoncoding #cron

Thank you for this, as a professional starting out and hearing so much messaging about NoSQL, it's good to remember that it isn't the solution for every company.

Would love to hear more about which credentials or certifications are most valuable to prospective employers. Any initial ideas?

I paid for the whole computer I get to break the whole computer

My 2 cents: 100 Days of Code, the Complete Python Pro Bootcamp by Dr. Angela Yu if you can access Udemy (free library access here). You build or debug something every class and it's easy to plow through quickly or go slow whatever your pace.

I'm new here but is anyone calling their .env a dot-envy file?

#pythoncoding

Much like the Oxford comma. Technically either way is correct but that extra comma saves lives.

The benefits of trailing commas Trailing commas make for easier code changes, shorter diffs, and fewer bugs.

The feature (and bug waiting to happen) is also the reason I recommend using trailing commas for lists, dictionaries, sets, and function calls that wrap over multiple lines: pym.dev/trailing-com...

Also note that Guido isn't a fan of this feature either:
lwn.net/Articles/551...

I like the takeaway from the explanation: "Use 'if not x' only when you truly mean empty."

@nws.noaa.gov the API for Norfolk hasn't updated in 24 hours, hope it's something minor!

@noaacomms.noaa.gov #bugreport

Desperately running ScanDisk hoping it will fix things while only delaying the inevitable...

#90skidsremember

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Sad to see Pittsburgh City Paper going away. In 1996, the then-young weekly gave me a shot and I got to learn from John Hayes, Chris Potter, Bill O'Driscoll and Lisa Cunningham, among many others. Our region's media landscape loses a source of lively, community reporting triblive.com/business/pit...

Needed to clean code after my first major rewrite.

'Coverage.py' is awesome, showed exactly what isn't getting called. I silently broke something on the path to email alerts for the error logger. Oops...

@nedbat.com #python #coding

I butchered my beautiful first code. Tore it to pieces to get it working with a different API to get a data pipeline in place before Jan 1.

First production script, first time running amok to hit a deadline.

It works though....

#python #postgresql

It's just for-loops all the way down

#python #coding

I always spelled it out, "eff-ay-queues". Now questioning everything I never knew about acronyms 😂

99 Percent Invisible has me wondering if I've been saying "F.A.Q.s" wrong my whole life. "Facks"!?

How do you say it?

@99pi.org @romanmars.bsky.social @vivianhle.bsky.social #facts

Learning to code now means learning how to use AI the right way, and I don't know any good resources that teach that.

Feels like being a math major when the calculator was invented.

Highly recommend 100 Days of Code by Angela Yu for python if you have access to Udemy (free through some local libraries). Very beginner friendly and methodical.

Crisis in progress.

After 2 weeks on my first big project:

The data from the API isn't valid.

Learning about troubleshooting and pivoting and how to reuse what I've already written.

Best to have at least one on your side for the eventual uprising.

AI for learning:

Don't ask GPT to fix your code.

Ask for it to do a code review and highlight weaknesses without giving you the answers.

#python #postgres #chatgpt #ai #aiforlearning

I think it can be a nice sanity-check or reference while you build something, but wouldn't trust the outcome without checking the underlying data.

GPT got very confused iterating through cities and states on a recent list I had it proof-read.

Substitute 'y' on the last line to get:
'x.run().run().run()'

So AAA

Top Python Libraries of 2025 (11th Edition)

https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1pptnyc/top_python_libraries_of_2025_11th_edition/

Waking up to error emails from my server...

...means my first production python script is working.

#raspberrypi #python #postgres