This blog is built using Jekyll, which can be used to generate a static website based on a set of templates (for the layout) and markdown files (for the content). The main advantage is that GitHub pages can be leveraged to host those static pages for free. However, while there Read more…
Genetic algorithms are fun, they require a different way of thinking. Here I’ll guide you through my process of building an algorithm that evolves 150 random triangles into a famous piece of art. The work I picked to re-draw: Van Gogh’s The Starry Night. The original and the version the Read more…
Imagine being able to create a fully functioning Python GUI application with just providing instructions. No need to spend hours writing and debugging code, you’d just let AI do the heavy lifting for you. In this post, we’ll explore the capabilities of ChatGPT in developing a Python GUI app and Read more…
Like the previous Code Nugget, this bit of code will add some often needed features to PCA plots done with Python. Here the loadings and variance explained will be added to the plot, this is something that is included by default in R biplot(), but in Python there is more Read more…
Adding a good search to a website is hard in any case, but with static website good options are few and far between. Pagefind is a game-changer and makes this very simple! It already has been added to this site, so for a quick demo click the search icon in Read more…
Let’s take the little app created in the previous post up to the next level and integrate it into a home automation platform Home Assistant (HA). That way if you change your status on the BusyBoard, Home Assistant can pick this up and trigger an automation. Here we’ll add an Read more…
At PyCon 2022, PyScript was announced as a way to run Python in the browser and it has made waves in the community since. While there are some really cool demos included in the project, the project is still in early stages of development and the documentation is lagging a Read more…