Category: Python

Tackling Diacritic Sensitivity in Lexical Sorting with Python Embarking on a coding journey often leads me into territory that feels quite foreign and mildly intimidating, yet I persist because the rewards, especially when handling specialized data like linguistic entries, are invaluable. Facing the intricacies of different languages, diacritic marks such as á, é, í, ó,…

Handling Invalid Tickers with yfinance in Python In today’s blog post, I’ll be addressing a common issue that surfaces when employing the yfinance library in Python. Specifically, I’ll address how to handle invalid stock tickers effectively. When working with financial data, handling errors gracefully is crucial because malformed or non-existent ticker symbols can often lead…

Troubleshooting Local Network Download of LLAMA2_7B Model Hello folks, in this post, I’ll be sharing my experience in downloading the LLAMA2_7B Model on a local network using the Hugging Face platform and Python. I faced a bit of a hiccup along the way and had to troubleshoot an unexpected error. I thought I’d share my…

Navigating the Challenges of Web Scraping Amazon with Selenium Hey fellow developers, Today, I want to share my experience trying to scrape data from Amazon using Selenium. Amazon, as many of you may know, is quite strict about automated access to their site which often results in challenges such as receiving error messages like “Sorry,…

Making Two Plots of Equal Display Size in Matplotlib with Unequal Data In my recent project, I encountered an interesting challenge while working with data visualization in Python using Matplotlib. I wanted to display two heatmaps: one from a symmetric array and another from an asymmetric array, both needing to be of exactly the same…

Automating Remote Linux Commands with Python’s Fabric As someone who is relatively new to Python, I recently encountered an issue while trying to automate commands on remote Linux servers using the Fabric library. After setting up the environment to execute commands as a non-root user successfully, I bumped into a snag when switching the user…