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Functions & basics easy

How to Use singledispatch for Type-Based Overloading in Python

This code demonstrates Python's functools.singledispatch decorator to create functions that behave differently based on the type of their first argument.

singledispatch overloading functools
Python
from functools import singledispatch

@singledispatch
def process(value):
    return f"Unknown type: {type(value).__name__}"

@process.register(int)
def _(value):
    return f"Integer: {value * 2}"

@process.register(str)
def _(value):
    return f"String: {value.upper()}"

@process.register(list)
def _(value):
    re…
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OOP & classes easy

Parse CSV Data with a Python Class

Encapsulate CSV file loading and column/row access methods in a reusable DataParser class for beginners.

oop csv parsing
Python
class DataParser:
    def __init__(self, file_path):
        self.file_path = file_path
        self.data = []

    def load_data(self):
        with open(self.file_path, 'r') as file:
            for line in file:
                row = line.strip().split(',')
                self.data.append(row)
        return self.…
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Comprehensions & generators easy

Build a lazy generator to read file lines in Python

Create a generator function that yields file lines one at a time, avoiding loading the entire file into memory, and demonstrate its lazy processing.

generator file-io lazy
Python
def lazy_lines(filepath):
    """Yield lines from a file one at a time without loading the whole file into memory."""
    with open(filepath, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file:
        for line in file:
            yield line.rstrip('\n')


if __name__ == "__main__":
    # Create a sample file to demonstrate
    sample_c…
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Comprehensions & generators easy

Memory efficient map over large file in Python

A generator-based streaming map that processes a large file line by line without loading the whole file into memory.

generator file-io streaming
Python
import sys

def process_lines(file_path):
    """Memory-efficient map over a large file: yields processed lines."""
    with open(file_path, 'r') as f:
        for line in f:
            # Example mapping: strip whitespace and uppercase
            yield line.strip().upper()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # Use a sma…
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Git + Python easy

Upload Assets to GitHub Release with Python Mock

Simulates uploading binary and text assets to a GitHub release using a mock server, returning structured metadata for each upload.

git github releases
Python
import json
import os
import tempfile
from datetime import datetime

class ReleaseUploader:
    """Simulates uploading assets to a release with a mock server."""
    
    def __init__(self, owner: str, repo: str, tag: str):
        self.owner = owner
        self.repo = repo
        self.tag = tag
        self.uploade…
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ML engineering pipelines easy

How to Build a Simple ML Pipeline with ZenML in Python

Build a mock machine learning pipeline with ZenML steps for data loading, training, and evaluation, and run it to print the final accuracy.

zenml ml pipeline
Python
from zenml import pipeline, step


@step
def load_data() -> dict:
    """Simulate loading data from a source."""
    return {"accuracy": 0.0, "loss": 1.0}


@step
def train_model(data: dict) -> dict:
    """Simulate training a model."""
    data["accuracy"] = 0.95
    data["loss"] = 0.1
    return data


@step
def eva…
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ML engineering pipelines easy

How to Save and Load PyTorch Model State Dict in Python

This code demonstrates how to save a PyTorch model's state dict to a file and load it back into a new model instance, verifying weights match.

pytorch state-dict model
Python
import torch
import torch.nn as nn

class SimpleNet(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        self.fc1 = nn.Linear(4, 8)
        self.fc2 = nn.Linear(8, 2)

    def forward(self, x):
        x = torch.relu(self.fc1(x))
        return self.fc2(x)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    model = Simp…
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ML engineering pipelines easy

Load CSV Training Data Without Pandas in Python

This code loads a CSV file into a list of dictionaries using only the standard library, ideal for small ML training data without heavy dependencies.

csv data-loading standard-library
Python
import csv
from pathlib import Path

def load_csv(path):
    """Load CSV file into list of dicts without pandas."""
    rows = []
    with open(path, newline='', encoding='utf-8') as f:
        reader = csv.DictReader(f)
        for row in reader:
            rows.append(dict(row))
    return rows

if __name__ == "__m…
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Database scaling & optimization easy

How to Batch Load JSON Data in Python for Database Optimization

This code parses JSON data into records and loads them in batches to simulate efficient database insertion, reducing load and improving performance.

json batching database
Python
import json
import time

def parse_and_load(data, batch_size=100):
    """
    Parse JSON data and batch-load into a list of dicts.
    Demonstrates batching for database efficiency.
    """
    records = json.loads(data)
    batches = []

    for i in range(0, len(records), batch_size):
        batch = records[i:i + …
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