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Author: M Smith

Automation

A Dockerfile to create a docker image to run a python file

10th January 202510th January 2025 M SmithLeave a comment

Use this Dockerfile as a template to be able to create docker images that will execute a python script once the container is run. This can be very useful if …

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Data Analysis

Physical Health Tracker – 2024 review

9th January 20259th January 2025 M SmithLeave a comment

Taking a look back at how my exercise and workout routines went over the year. If you are interested in how I record all of these stats then check out …

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Data Analysis

MarquinSmithDotCom – A year in review 2024

6th January 20256th January 2025 M SmithLeave a comment

What Changed This year I made some changes to the infrastructure and analytics used on marquinsmith.com . Digital Ocean, who I use to host this WordPress website have increased there …

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Personal Development

Marquin Smith interview on “The Data Engineering Channel”

6th January 20256th January 2025 M SmithLeave a comment

I recently spoke to Chris Gambil on my transition from data analyst to data engineer. Check out the interview here:

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Data Analysis

A personal health tracking tool

6th December 20246th December 2024 M SmithLeave a comment

For a little while now I have been using a personal health tracking tool to monitor my progress in various areas such as strength exercises, weight management and mental hygiene …

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Physical Health Tracker – November 2024

4th December 20244th December 2024 M SmithLeave a comment
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Python

Retrieving an image (BLOB) from a SQLite database

27th November 202427th November 2024 M SmithLeave a comment
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Python

Saving images to SQLite database

27th November 202427th November 2024 M SmithLeave a comment
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Personal Development

Physical Health Tracker – October 2024

7th November 20247th November 2024 M SmithLeave a comment
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Data Analysis

Load a broken csv file into duckdb

21st October 202421st October 2024 M SmithLeave a comment

Some CSV files have issues with them. Below is a code snippet to save the information in a csv file into a duckdb database, ignoring all the ‘broken’ rows.

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