Choroplethr is Scheduled to be Archived from CRAN
I was just notified by CRAN that choroplethr is scheduled to be archived on February 12. The reason is that choroplethr depends on the acs package, and the acs package is being archived. Apparently when a package is archived from CRAN, all packages which use it are also archived. I am not exactly sure what […]
New Python Functions for Working with Multi-Year ACS Data
As part of my hometown_analysis project I’ve written some new functions for working with multi-year data from the American Community Survey (ACS). The functions are download_multiyear, graph_multiyear and pct_change_multiyear. This code is open source and released under the MIT License. It currently lives in utils.py in the hometown_analysis repo. While I don’t think the functions warrant […]
New Project: hometown_analysis
Over the weekend I started a new project: an analysis of how my hometown has changed over time. I am calling the project hometown_analysis and the github repo for it is here. If this project interests you then I encourage you to star and watch the repo. I developed the idea for this project while […]
A Guide to Contributing to Open Source Python Packages
I recently made my first contribution to an established Python package (link). When I shared this milestone with friends I realized that many of them are interested in doing something similar but don’t know how. I decided to write down the steps I took in case it helps others. Step 1: Identify Packages You Want […]
How Much Python Do Data Scientists Need To Know?
A few months ago I wrote a blog post about Polars, a new dataframe library in Python that is both incredibly fast and easy to use. While the post was well-received, I did get some push-back on it. The criticism normally looked like this: Even if everything you say about Polars is true, you still […]