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Automation

Running Python scripts using UV

6th March 20256th March 2025 M SmithLeave a comment

In case you haven’t heard, UV is a relatively new python package and project manager. UV allows for you to define package dependencies and the Python version to run the …

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Data Analysis

Digital Analytics Masterclass

3rd March 20253rd March 2025 M SmithLeave a comment

For those interested in the field of Digital Analytics I have put together this project based curriculum to take someone from “digital analytics curious” to having the technical skill set …

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Running SQL Queries on a schedule in BigQuery | Part 2b: Cloud Functions

4th February 20254th February 2025 M SmithLeave a comment

In this part of the series we will walkthrough how to set up a query to run at a regular interval using Python and Cloud Functions. This is useful particularly …

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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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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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Retrieving an image (BLOB) from a SQLite database

27th November 202427th November 2024 M SmithLeave a comment
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Saving images to SQLite database

27th November 202427th 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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Data Analysis

Pandas for data analysis – Video mega guide

7th October 20246th October 2024 M SmithLeave a comment

Pandas is the go to library in Python for analysing and manipulating data. This post lists some useful video resources for learning this package. Brandon Rhodes – Pandas From The …

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Data Analysis

Execute queries in BigQuery in parallel using python

10th August 202410th August 2024 M SmithLeave a comment

An example of how to run multiple queries in parallel.

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