July 2019

Node.js Worker Threads

April - June 2019

I sold and bought a house. No coding fun for me :(

March 2019

Full Text Search with PostgreSQL pg_trgm extension

The pg_trgm extension provides functions and index operators that allow for fast text searches.

The example I created is a Materialized View definition that includes the necessary components to achieve a full-text search.

Check it out here: full text search

Python Time Module's sleep() and strftime()

sleep() allows you to pause a program's execution. This is pretty cool, and I'm curious to learn about real use cases.

strftime() provides an easy-to-control way of formatting time strings. Pass in formatting specifications as first argument, and the struct_time tuple generated through methods like localtime() as second.

Check it out here: sleep() & strftime() in Python Time module

Python's Magic Methods

Magic methods are special methods (identified by a double underscore prefix and suffix, e.g. __add__) whose default behavior can be overridden in order to define special behavior when used with an object on whose Class they are defined.

The example I coded in order to learn about and practice this concept is not the most authentic, but I did have some fun with it.

Check it out here: Adding a Little on Top for the Favorite Kid's Weekly Allowance

How to Create a Gaussian Distribution with Python

I'm enrolled in Udacity's AI Programming with Python Nanodegree, and as part of the OOP module, we were asked to create a class Gaussian that calculates and plots normal distribution. While a solution was provided for reference, my solution differed in that instead of "manually" performing calculations, I installed the statistics module and used its mean() and stdev() methods. Work smarter - not harder!

Check it out here: Gaussian Distribution with Python