Todd Birchard

113 Posts

New York City

Engineer with an ongoing identity crisis. Breaks everything before learning best practices. Completely normal and emotionally stable.

Using Redis In-Memory Storage for your Python Applications

Leverage in-memory data storage to make your Python apps snappy. Cover managing a Python Redis client to learning the subtleties of Redis data structures.

Package Python Projects the Proper Way with Poetry

Revolutionize your development workflow with an elegant CLI to handle dependencies, environments, configuration, and packaging.

SSH & SCP in Python with Paramiko

Automate remote server tasks by using the Paramiko & SCP Python libraries. Use Python to SSH into hosts, execute tasks, transfer files, etc.

Getting Started with Django

The crash-course for newcomers to Python’s largest web framework. Create your first functioning Django web application.

Managing Multiple Versions of Python on Ubuntu

Easily install and manage multiple Python installations on a Ubuntu VPS.

Simplify BigQuery ETL jobs using SQLAlchemy

Extract and move data between BigQuery and relational databases using PyBigQuery: a connector for SQLAlchemy.

Comparing Rows Between Two Pandas DataFrames

Find which rows are different between two DataFrames, as well as which DataFrame they are unique to.

Optimize GatsbyJS Site Performance With Netlify

Speed up Gatsby by utilizing Netlify features like CDN, asset compression, redirects, caching, analytics, and Docker customizations.