Todd Birchard

Former product manager turned data engineer with ongoing identity crisis. Breaks everything before learning concepts known as ‘best practices’. Completely normal and emotionally stable.

Work

Software Engineer at Fanduel
Location

New York City
Education
Joined

Nov 12, 2018

Todd Birchard for Hackers And Slackers

Aug 8

Scrape Structured Data with Python and Extruct

#python #scraping #dataengineering #scraper

16 min read

Deploy Serverless Golang Functions with Netlify

#jamstack #go #gatsby #softwaredevelopment

10 min read

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Jun 12

Connecting Pandas to a Database with SQLAlchemy

#pandas #python #dataanalysis #sql

8 min read

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Jun 11

Scraping Data on the Web with BeautifulSoup

#python #scrapers #data #dataengineering

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Jun 11

Understanding GatsbyJS: Create Your First Gatsby Theme

#gatsby #jamstack #javascript #softwaredevelopment

18 min read

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Jun 10

SSH & SCP in Python with Paramiko

#python #automation #devops #linux

18 min read

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Jun 10

Building Java Projects with Gradle

#java #softwaredevelopment #gradle #groovy

9 min read

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Jun 1

Deploy a Golang Web Application Behind Nginx

#go #devops #softwaredevelopment

9 min read

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May 26

Create Your First Golang App

#go #softwaredevelopment

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May 18

Configuring Your Flask App

#flask #python #softwaredevelopment

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May 16

Organizing Flask Apps with Blueprints

#flask #python #softwaredevelopment

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Apr 27

Integrate Plotly Dash Into Your Flask App

#plotly #flask #python #datascience

10 min read

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Apr 24

Creating Interactive Views in Django

#django #python #softwaredevelopment #webdev

20 min read

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Mar 26

Extract Nested Data From Complex JSON

#python #restapis #dataengineering

6 min read

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Mar 18

Compiling and Serving Frontend Assets in Flask

#flask #python #softwaredevelopment #frontend

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Mar 4

The Art of Routing in Flask

#flask #python #softwaredevelopment

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Mar 2

Handle User Accounts & Authentication in Flask with Flask-Login

#flask #softwaredevelopment #python

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Feb 26

Deploy Flask Applications with uWSGI and Nginx

#devops #architecture #python #flask

10 min read

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Feb 13

Psycopg2: PostgreSQL & Python (the Old Fashioned Way)

#postgres #python #sql #dataengineering

6 min read

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Feb 6

Using Redis In-Memory Storage for your Python Applications

#nosql #python #softwaredevelopment #architecture

12 min read

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Jan 27

Package Python Projects the Proper Way with Poetry

#python #softwaredevelopment #devops

8 min read

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Dec 5 '19

Getting Started with Django

#python #softwaredevelopment #django #webdev

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Dec 6 '19

Managing Multiple Versions of Python on Ubuntu

#devops #architecture #python

5 min read

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Feb 11

Simplify BigQuery ETL jobs using SQLAlchemy

#datawarehouses #python #sql #googlecloud

8 min read

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Oct 21 '19

Comparing Rows Between Two Pandas DataFrames

#pandas #python #dataanalysis #datascience

6 min read

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Aug 1 '19

Using Amazon Redshift as your Data Warehouse

#datawarehouses #aws #devops #architecture

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Jul 16 '19

Managing Relationships in SQLAlchemy Data Models

#python #softwaredevelopment #sql

9 min read

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Jun 22 '19

Manage Files in Google Cloud Storage With Python

#googlecloud #python #architecture #gcp

6 min read

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Jun 25 '19

Manage Data Pipelines with Apache Airflow

#apache #python #dataengineering #etl

13 min read

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Aug 7 '19

Using Hierarchical Indexes With Pandas

#pandas #dataanalysis #python #datascience

13 min read

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Feb 12

Managing Session Data with Flask-Session & Redis

#flask #python #softwaredevelopment #nosql

5 min read

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Jun 6 '19

Reshaping Pandas DataFrames

#pandas #python #dataanalysis

13 min read

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Oct 10 '19

Structured Streaming in PySpark

#spark #apache #python #dataengineering

9 min read

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Oct 8 '19

Becoming Familiar with Apache Kafka and Message Queues

#apache #dataengineering #etl

6 min read

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Jun 26 '19

Plotting Data With Seaborn and Pandas

#datascience #pandas #datavis #python

9 min read

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Jun 23 '19

Upgrading to JupyterLab on Ubuntu

#datascience #python #devops

4 min read

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Jun 20 '19

Using Flask-Login to Handle User Accounts

#flask #softwaredevelopment #python

13 min read

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Mar 4 '19

Running Jupyter Notebooks on a Ubuntu Server

#datascience #devops #architecture

5 min read

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Mar 1 '19

Drawing Mapbox Route Objects via the Directions API

#datavis #datascience #python

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Mar 12 '19

Welcome to SQL 3: Building Relationships and Combining Data Sets

#sql #mysql #postgres

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Feb 28 '19

Welcome to SQL 2: Working With Data Values

#sql #mysql #postgres

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Feb 26 '19

Making API Requests with NodeJS

#node #restapis #javascript

3 min read

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Feb 26 '19

Welcome to SQL: Modifying Databases and Tables

#sql #dataanalysis #dataengineering #postgres

10 min read

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Mar 10 '19

Yet Another Unsolicited "Intro to Data Analysis in Python Using Pandas" Post

#pandas #python #dataanalysis

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Oct 25 '19

Connect Flask to a Database with Flask-SQLAlchemy

#flask #python #sql #softwaredevelopment

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Feb 6 '19

Manage Database Models with Flask-SQLAlchemy

#flask #python #sql #softwaredevelopment

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Feb 4 '19

Easily Build GraphQL APIs with Prisma

#graphql #saasproducts #architecture #devops

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Feb 19 '19

Google BigQuery's Python SDK: Creating Tables Programmatically

#bigdata #python #googlecloud

7 min read

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Jan 25 '19

From CSVs to Tables: Infer Schema Data Types From Raw Spreadsheets

#bigdata #python #dataengineering #sql

8 min read

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Jan 18 '19

The Hostile Extraction of Tableau Server Data

#tableau #python #restapis

8 min read

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Jan 21 '19

Intro to Python Database Management with SQLAlchemy

#sqlalchemy #sql #python #dataengineering

7 min read

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Jan 28 '19

Poetically Packaging Your Python Project

#python #devops #softwaredevelopment

8 min read

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Jan 18 '19

Using Redis to Store Information in Python Applications

#nosql #python #softwaredevelopment

6 min read

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Jan 22 '19

Cracking Full Control Over Plot.ly Dash

#plotly #flask #datavis

7 min read

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Jan 22 '19

Stitch's “Query Anywhere”: Executing Business Logic via Frontend

#nosql #frontend #devops #data

7 min read

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Jan 18 '19

Improve your AWS Lambda Workflow with Python-Lambda

#aws #awsapi #serverless #python

6 min read

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Jan 9

Handling Forms in Flask with Flask-WTF

#flask #python #softwaredevelopment

9 min read

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Feb 16

Rendering Pages in Flask Using Jinja

#flask #softwaredevelopment #python

8 min read

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