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Todd Birchard

Todd Birchard

New York City
Wasted youth as a Product Manager, enjoying life as a Lead Software Engineer. Happily retired from rapidly propping up doomed startups. Focused on creating meaningful work and relationships.
Preparing your AWS Project to Build an API

Preparing your AWS Project to Build an API

Configure your AWS account in preparation for building APIs using AWS API Gateway.
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May 6, 2018 • 6 mins
AWS
Make HTTP Requests with Python

Make HTTP Requests with Python

Make HTTP requests to interact with APIs or fetch web pages in Python using the Requests library.
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May 1, 2018 • 6 mins
Python
Cloud-hosted MySQL Server on Amazon Web Services

MySQL on the Cloud with AWS RDS

The layman's guide to configuring & working with MySQL databases with AWS RDS (Relational Database Service)
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Apr 30, 2018 • 5 mins
AWS
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Make Your First API Calls with JQuery AJAX

Beginner's guide to making API requests via a Javascript Frontend using Ajax.
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Apr 25, 2018 • 5 mins
Frontend
Accessing Self-Hosted MySQL Externally

Accessing Self-Hosted MySQL Externally

Configure a self-installation of MySQL on Ubuntu to allow access from external sources, such as SequelPro or other GUIs.
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Apr 22, 2018 • 4 mins
MySQL
Dropping Rows of Data Using Pandas

Dropping Rows of Data Using Pandas

Square one of cleaning your Pandas Dataframes: dropping empty or problematic data.
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Apr 18, 2018 • 5 mins
Pandas
Setting up a MySQL Database on Ubuntu

Setting up a MySQL Database on Ubuntu

Setting up MySQL the old-fashioned way: on a Linux server.
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Apr 17, 2018 • 4 mins
MySQL
Starting a Python Web App with Flask & Heroku

Starting a Python Web App with Flask & Heroku

Pairing Flask with zero-effort container deployments is a deadly path to addiction.
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Feb 13, 2018 • 7 mins
Flask
Installing Django CMS on Ubuntu

Installing Django CMS on Ubuntu

How to install DjangoCMS: the largest of three major CMS products for Django.
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Nov 19, 2017 • 3 mins
Python
Starting an ExpressJS App

Starting an ExpressJS App

Installation guide for ExpressJS with popular customization options.
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Nov 18, 2017 • 5 mins
NodeJS
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Series'

Data Analysis with Pandas 11
Build Flask Apps 11
Learning Apache Spark 6
Google Cloud Architecture 6
Mastering SQLAlchemy 4
GraphQL Tutorials 4
Welcome to SQL 4
Working with MySQL 4
Mapping Data with Mapbox 3
Web Scraping With Python 2
Python Concurrency with Asyncio 2
Getting Started with Django 2
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  • Getting Started with Django
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