Python's maya package is a great library for standardizing dates of many different formats. This post will cover several examples. (more…)

A tutorial on simple NLP tasks with Python which serves as an introduction to several libraries: NLTK, spaCy, and Pattern. (more…)

Hey again, My first post about optimization will be about __slots__ and namedtuples. __slots__ __slots__ have two important effects: performance: A class that utilizes slots gains ~30% faster attri…

Even the best of us hate logging in Python sometimes. And while a lot of its problems are actually just bad docs and terrible defaults in the past, there is some pain that can be avoided. (more…)

In this step-by-step tutorial, you'll learn how the Python defaultdict type works and how to use it for handling missing keys when you're working with dictionaries. You'll also learn how to use a defaultdict to solve problems like grouping or counting the... (more…)