Published in Towards Data Science·PinnedMember-onlyForget about SQLite, Use DuckDB Instead — And Thank Me LaterIntroduction to DuckDB and its Python integration — We, programmers, tend to default to SQLite when we want to work on local environments with an embedded database. While that works fine most of the time, it’s like using a bicycle to travel 100 km away: probably not the best option. Introducing DuckDB. I first learned about DuckDB in…Python7 min readPython7 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·PinnedMember-onlyThe Ultimate Python and Tensorflow Set-Up Guide for Apple Silicon Macs (M1 & M2)Installing TensorFlow and Python on ARM Macs was never easier — I switched jobs one year ago and I found myself with a brand new M1 MacBook Pro to work with. I had to install everything a data scientist needs, which was a real pain. To make things worse, it turns out that I didn’t set it up properly and it…Python6 min readPython6 min read
Published in Geek Culture·Mar 12Member-onlyPython’s Beginner Scraping GuideAn introduction to BeautifulSoup4 and Scrapy for complete beginners — Knowing how to scrape data from the web is an amazing tool most programmers can take advantage of. Why? It allows us to retrieve data easily and, at this point, we already know how important data is… Python has amazing libraries to take care of that and, in this post…Scraping9 min readScraping9 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Mar 9Member-onlyFinancial Habits That Will Make You RichWhat I’m doing to become wealthy like the top 1% — We all want to be rich and we all know what money is capable of. I’m not going to convince you to love money because chances are you already do if you are reading this. In this story, I’ll be super clear and I’ll go straight to the point. I’ll…Wealth7 min readWealth7 min read
Mar 6Member-onlyThe Amazing Stats After Two Months on Medium — February 2023Reviewing how my second month as a writer went — I posted 8 stories during February, which translates to 2 posts per week on average. This is the pace I thrive in. In relative terms, it’s pretty similar to January’s numbers. However, views and reads have skyrocketed. …Stats3 min readStats3 min read
Published in Geek Culture·Mar 2Member-onlyWhy did Barça lose against UD Almería? Using Stats to Answer ItHow a data analyst would analyze the game — All the code is available in my GitHub, which is linked in the Resources section at the end of this post [1] On Thursday, February 23rd, Manchester United eliminated Barça from the Europa League. Being a lifelong Barça fan, it hurt. …Data Analysis12 min readData Analysis12 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Feb 28Member-onlyWhat I'd Eat If I Could Only Eat One Thing — From a Nutritionist (kind of)This is what I consider one of the most complete dishes — I've been obsessed with nutrition and ways to improve our health for some years now. That's why I enrolled in a university degree in Dietetics and Human Nutrition one year ago to study part-time. The phrase "better safe than sorry" is translated into Catalan as "val més prevenir que curar,"…Health4 min readHealth4 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Feb 20Member-onlyBe Part of the MinorityMy thoughts around the topic of being different and being part of the minority for that reason — Welcome to one of those random stories I usually create. When a thought about a certain topic is stuck within my mind, I need to let it out and the result is this: a post talking about deep stuff and giving my often controversial opinion about it. We can’t be different The “different” attribute…Self Improvement4 min readSelf Improvement4 min read
Feb 15Member-onlyThe Late Night Carb Myth: Why Eating Carbs Before Bed Won’t Ruin Your DietDebunking the myth to set you free so you can eat pasta for dinner — I bet you’ve heard about the topic before, no matter where you’re from. We’ve been told that we should completely avoid carbohydrate consumption at night because they will make us fat. As if nutrition was that simple. Fortunately, there’s a lot of cientific and influential voices out there speaking the…Health6 min readHealth6 min read
Feb 10Member-onlyI Sold My First Product On Etsy!Sharing the process of building a new passive income stream — I once came across a Medium post about selling printables on Etsy. As easy and dumb as it may sound, there’s actually a market for that. And I wasn’t even aware of it. But I kept on inspecting and seeing what products were the most sold on Etsy. I then…Etsy3 min readEtsy3 min read
