This is a landing pages for talks I have given and made it to GitHub.
Rounding in python
2019-10-30
ChiPy presents Spooky Lightning Talks
We all learned to round in elementary school. Python doesn't use that same strategy. Instead it uses even number rounding, also known as banker's rounding. It's great, but can trick you if you're not aware.
Makefiles for Data Projects
2019-06-19
ChiPy Data SIG presents A Night of Lightning Talks
What is make and why should I use it? What are some examples of how make can help improve my workflow on data projects?
Microservices in R
2019-04-27
SatRdays Chicago Conference
What is a microservice and why should I care? What are some examples of microservices in R? What tools can help improve my workflow developing microservices in R?
A Tour of Job Scheduling in Python
2018-10-11
Chipy October 2018 Main Meeting
Once you've started to learn python, you're going to want to use it to automate tasks. Their are lots of ways to do this, each with it's own set of pros and cons. This talk will go over a few options for scheduling the execution of python scripts and the tradeoffs that come with each. Tools that will be covered include crontab, schedule, celery, airflow, and cloud options AWS Lambda and GCP functions.