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Month: March 2021

How to use python with databases

How to use python with databases

Today we are going to explore some of the ways you can connect to sql databases with python. A few examples of why you would want to do this are: Querying large data sets without the need to store the data in an intermediate step. To combine data from several disparate databases. To use as a wrapper for an application (sqlite, mariadb, etc) Extracting data from an application with a hosted database. Let’s dive in and explore the different ways…

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The apriori algorithm, an example of machine learning in python.

The apriori algorithm, an example of machine learning in python.

Machine learning isn’t a mythical beast that only appears every 6 years when you park a 2014 Toyota Prius next to a dumpster in Buford Wyoming. It is just a form of statistics that has gathered a lot of hype. It is about finding patterns in massive data sets, find a pattern and then apply that to something. There are a lot of different ways to find patterns and they are not necessarily complicated. Today I’m going to provide a…

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