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In this quick article, I’ll show you my deep dive into the book “Atlas Shrugged” by Ayn Rand. This is useful if you don’t want to spend 20-25 hours reading the ~1,200 pages but you still want to be able to grasp the main ideas. I used OpenAI’s ChatGPT to explore the main ideas — … Read more
Project Idea A good friend and his wife recently founded an AI startup in the lifestyle niche that uses machine learning to discover specific real-world patterns from videos. For their business system, they need a pipeline that takes a video file, converts it to audio, and transcribes the audio to standard text that is then … Read more
Python is a powerful and versatile programming language you can use for many practical programming projects easily and without spending years learning it. This article shows you the basics of how to run a Python script and the various ways it can be done. What is a Python Script? A Python script is a set … Read more
I run the Finxter email list with more than 150,000 subscribers at the time of writing. It is one of the most significant cost factors in my business. I love communicating with subscribers — but I definitely don’t love the cost pressure it injects into the business. If you pay multiple thousands of USD per … Read more
I host multiple websites such as Many of them use caching services to speed up the loading time for visitors worldwide. Consequently, when I do change a website, the change does often not appear immediately on the site (because the stale cached site is served up). The Project To ensure that my website is up-to-date, … Read more
For my current web project I need to upload 200 images to my website. All of them are in the same folder. Here’s the problem: 🤯 Challenge: My images have file sizes of 2 to 3 MB, so they are far too big and will significantly slow down my website. 👉 To reduce the file … Read more
I’m currently working on a website project for the Finxter ecosystem, where I’m given a folder with subfolders (and subfolders within) that contain image files. Example folder structure: folder — subfolder1 —- image1.jpg —- image2.jpg —- image3.jpg — subfolder2 —-image1.jpg —-image2.jpg Across the subfolders, the files may have the same name, which causes an issue … Read more
As a parent, planning for your children’s future is one of the most important things you can do. To ensure they have the best possible start in life, I’ve been looking into ways to invest money to provide them with a lump sum of $70k when they reach 21. But I don’t want to spend … Read more
Lazy as I am, I name all temporary code files code.py when I try something in Python. Today, once again, I needed to find one of my code.py files because of a code snippet I was interested in. Being a Python enthusiast, I wondered: 👉 How can I find all files that match a certain … Read more
Method 1: Using the Python Memory_Profiler Module The Python memory_profiler module is a great way to track memory usage line-by-line in your code. It measures the memory consumption of individual lines of code and functions. To use the module, install it with the pip command. 👉 Recommended: How to Install a Module in Python On … Read more
When I was a researcher at University, I had to come up with creative ideas at a rapid pace. Here’s a straightforward approach that may help you generate innovative concepts for your job, business, or research goals. My particular research focus was graph partitioning, i.e., dividing a massive computer science graph structure into smaller chunks … Read more
If you found this website, chances are you have the following question: 💬 Question: “I am new to Python. When I run a Python script file on Windows, the output window appears and then quickly disappears. I need to be able to view the output of my script, so how can I keep the output … Read more