Automating daily tasks with Python is easy. With a combination of APIs and easy-to-understand libraries, you can easily set up systems that scrape websites, send emails, and manage data and analytics. One very common task you’ll need to automate in the corporate world is the ability to scrape public government data. This usually comes from…
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Photo by Mike Benna on Unsplash One of the main roles of a data engineer can be summed up as getting data from point A to point B. We often need to pull data out of one system and insert it into another. This could be for various purposes. This includes analytics, integrations, and machine learning. But in…
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Ready to unlock your company’s potential using data? Data automation and visualization is your answer. And here at the Seattle Data Guy, we’ve got you covered. Companies from Seattle to New York trust us with their data science solutions. Why’s that? The short answer: while many companies have been leveraging data science and…
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Photo by Science in HD on Unsplash Unlike software engineering, there aren’t a lot of college courses in data engineering. Nor a huge list of boot camps teaching the practice. This leads to best practices often being learned on the job, as well as a cornucopia of technologies being used across teams and companies. So what defines a…
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Photo by Levi Jones on Unsplash A vital part of the successful completion of any project is the selection of the right tools. When it comes to big data, sometimes the difficult choice here is picking the right streaming data service. For example should you use Apache Kafka or RabbitMQ. Both platforms feature several functionalities and use cases…
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Photo by Sean Pollock on Unsplash You may think of ATM workings as a revolutionary experience but since the advent of Fintech, the entire financial services domain has entered a new era. Whether you purchase a cup of coffee or manage your finances, fintech is everywhere. From payments via apps such as Payoneer or Paypal to getting reports,…
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Python really is everywhere at this point. Although many gatekeepers argue whether a person is really a software developer if they don’t code in a language more difficult than Python, it still is everywhere. It’s used to automate, manage websites, analyze data, and wrangle big data. As data grows, the way we manage it becomes more and…
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