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Category Encoders v1.2.8 Release
Announcing Category Encoders v1.2.8! This release includes important bugfixes and introduces new features like optional category names in output columns.
Category Encoders published in JOSS
Announcing the category_encoders Python package publication in JOSS. Discover the peer-review process and citation details.
Revisiting Python support in Apache Flink
Early 2018 look at Apache Flink's Python support. Checking compatibility, batch vs streaming capabilities, & future developments like Streaming API support.
On taking things too seriously: holiday edition
Building a CFB bowl game prediction system with Python packages elote, keeks, & keeks-elote. Combines rating, betting strategies, and backtesting for analysis.
Elote: a python package of rating systems
Introducing Elote, a Python package implementing various rating systems like Elo and Glicko. Learn its core concepts and see how to use it for ranking.
Ripyr: sampled metrics on datasets using python's asyncio
An introduction to ripyr, a Python library for streaming through large datasets and parsing basic metrics using asyncio and type hinting
Category Encoders v1.2.5 Release
Category Encoders v1.2.5 brings community updates including stable binary/BaseN encoding, new leave-one-out encoding, and pandas compatibility fixes.
Modernizing Pedalwrencher: Whatever That Means
Migrating the pedal wrencher Flask app from Heroku plus an EC2 cron box to a Dockerized AWS ECS deployment with RDS, Route 53, and CloudWatch alerts.
git-pandas Caching: Faster Analysis
Boost git repository analysis speed! Learn how git-pandas now uses caching to dramatically improve performance for repeated queries on large codebases.
Category Encoders v1.2.4 Release
Category Encoders v1.2.4 is out! Includes pandas categorical type support, improved missing value handling, better error messages, BaseN fixes, and docs.