HOW-TO: Generate Binance API Keys for Trading Bot

This is the first of a two-part series that supplements the article Crypto Trading Bot -- Is It For Me?. Configurations of the crypto exchange need to compliment that of the trading bot for them to be able to communicate and trades could then be made. As mentioned in the article,...

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TIP: Crypto Trading Bot -- Is It For Me?

The major difference between a typical stock exchange (further called fiat stock exchange) and a crypto stock exchange is the fact that crypto stock exchanges are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the whole year round. Fiat stock exchanges have an opening and closing bell,...

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TIP: Epic Formula to Grow Your Crypto Currency Portfolio

Ever heard of bitcoin? Nowadays it is quite rare to meet somebody who hasn't heard of bitcoin or has not encountered of anyone who talks about bitcoin. Bitcoin is the king of cryptocurrencies -- pretty much like, the US$ Dollar of crypto. It was invented by a nobody named Satoshi...

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TIP: Udemy Download Trick You Must Try

In an effort to continuously improve myself, invest in my growth (both personally and professionally) and keep up to date with the data science trend, I have been taking courses in Udemy. I have also shared that journey in this platform -- from Python courses for beginners,...

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INFO: Top Python Courses for Data Science

If you have stumbled upon this post looking for online Python courses for beginners, or Python courses for advanced users, you may visit their respective links. This post is directed toward the specific tracks for data science and data engineering. Are you still in doubt if...

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INFO: Top Python Courses for Advanced Users

In order to jumpstart skills for data science, I listed recommended python courses for beginners. The list contains several courses specially designed for beginners. Now that you are quite equipped with the necessary Python skills, it is time to up the ante. I have compiled...

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TWEAK: Specify UserName to a KiTTY (or PuTTY) Session

As a *nix sysad, 99% of the time I work on terminals. There are a few exceptional scenarios where I would sit in front of a SunOS terminal and work on the console itself. In that 99%, SSH sessions are almost always the protocol involved. And as the workstations issued to *nix...

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INFO: Top Python Courses for Beginners

I am often asked which online course has helped me hone my Python skills. If not that, what do they take up to start a career in data science. To me these two questions are almost one and the same. Python skill is a necessity in data science. And a good foundation goes a long...

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TWEAK: Secure Jupyter Notebook with Password

In the previous post, PySpark and Jupyter Notebooks, we got PySpark (Spark Python Big Data API) and jupyter notebook to work in tandem. Thus, we are now able to leverage the power of Spark which is massively parallel processing (MPP), thereby utilizing all cores of the server...

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HOW-TO: PySpark and Jupyter Notebooks

At this point, I have a working persistent terminal session and installed all the necessary components to run PySpark. I just need a development environment where I could put those together to work in tandem. For this I would need the jupyter notebook development environment....

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HOW-TO: Set-Up PySpark (Spark Python Big Data API)

Python in itself natively executes single-threaded. There are libraries that allow the possibility of executing code multi-threaded but it involves complexities. The other downside is the code doesn't scale well enough to the number of execution threads (or cores) the code runs...

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TIP: Screen -- Persistent Terminal Sessions in Linux

If there is one thing I learned in Linux that makes life extremly easy, I would say it is the possibility (or ability) to maintain persistent terminal sessions. This tool comes in handy when working remote and working with servers in particular. Imagine if you are uploading...

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FAQ: Data Science -- Where to Start (continued)?

In my previous post "Data Science -- Where to Start?", I enumerated a few specifics regarding my answer and pointed out several Python online courses to effectively jumpstart your data science career. Now, I would like to suggest a specific book to read that will help you focus...

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FAQ: Data Science -- Where to Start?

Data is the new oil. Perhaps this statement has now become a cliche. It goes without saying that data science has become the hottest job of the decade. It was predicted that there will be a shortage of data scientists, and that shortage is already prevalent now. The reality...

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