Execute Python from Tableau with TabPy

Are you trying to understand how to call Python code from Tableau? Maybe you tried other online resources but ran into frustrating errors. This TabPy tutorial will show you how to get the TabPy installed and setup, and will get you running Python code in Tableau. Installing Tableau Desktop If you need Tableau Desktop, you … Read more

Unix Heros: Celebrating 8 Pioneers to Change Computing Forever

The family of Unix operating systems emerged in the late 1970s when Bell Systems made the source code of its technology open to the public. In the subsequent decades, universities, individuals, and corporations developed a multitude of extensions and new versions. Today, Unix is a trademarked standard that ensures that certain quality standards are met … Read more

Premature Optimization is the Root of All Evil

This chapter draft is part of my upcoming book “The Art of Clean Code” (NoStarch 2022). You’ll learn about the concept of premature optimization and why it hurts your programming productivity. Premature optimization is one of the main problems of poorly written code. But what is it anyway? Definition Premature Optimization Definition: Premature optimization is … Read more

How to Generate Text Automatically With Python? A Guide to the DeepAI API

Do you want to enrich your Python script with powerful text-generation capabilities? You’re in the right place! What does it do? I just discovered DeepAI’s API that automatically generates a body of text, given a sentence fragment or topic keyword. How can it be used? You can use this as a basis to generate text … Read more

How Many Freelance Developers Are There in the US?

How many freelance developers are there in the US? There’s no official and precise answer. However, based on three credible sources—Upwork, Freelancer Union, McKinsey—I calculated an estimation stemming from each source. Here are our estimations for the number of freelancers based on three independent data sources: Upwork Data: 12,500,000 freelance developers in the IT sector. … Read more

The 80/20 Principle in Programming

In this article, you’ll learn about the profound impact of the 80/20 principle on your life as a programmer. It’s based on a first draft of a chapter from my upcoming book “From 1 to 0: A Minimalistic Approach to Programming”. The 80/20 principle has many names but the second most famous is the Pareto … Read more

Top 5 Python Freelancer Jobs to Earn $51 per Hour on Upwork or Fiverr

Python freelancers earn $51 per hour on average. But how do they do it? In the following video I show you the top five trending gigs for Python freelancers: In summary, these are the most trending jobs how Python freelancers earn money in 2020: Create educational content:. You can write blog articles for blog owners, … Read more

How to Boost Your Intelligence? 10 Tips From Science

This book chapter from “Brain Games Python” provides you with tips to help you become a more intelligent human being. Ignore them at your own risk! 1. Sleep More Sleep deprivation reduces your intelligence [Killgore 2008]. Say, you decide to sleep only six instead of eight hours from now on. Congratulations, you’ve gained 8% more … Read more