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Big data & Spark medium

Lazy Evaluation Transform Lineage Mock in Python

Build a mock lineage tracker for data transforms using lazy evaluation and function wrappers in Python.

lazy-evaluation lineage decorator
Python
import functools


def lazy_transform(pipeline):
    """Build a mock lineage tracker using lazy evaluation."""
    lineage = []

    def wrap(func):
        @functools.wraps(func)
        def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
            result = func(*args, **kwargs)
            lineage.append({"transform": func.__name__, "a…
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Big data & Spark medium

Mock RDD in Python: Simulate Spark RDD Lazy Transformations

Simulate Apache Spark RDD behavior in Python with lazy maps, filters, partitions, and a collect action.

spark rdd big-data
Python
import random

def mock_rdd(data, num_slices=2):
    """
    A simple simulation of Spark RDD behavior with lazy evaluation,
    transformations, and an action.
    """
    class SimpleRDD:
        def __init__(self, data, num_slices=2):
            self.data = data
            self.num_slices = num_slices
           …
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ML engineering pipelines medium

How to Build a Mock ML Pipeline with Prefect in Python

Create a lightweight Prefect flow with mock preprocessing, training, and evaluation tasks to prototype an ML pipeline end-to-end.

prefect machine-learning pipeline
Python
from prefect import task, flow
from datetime import datetime


@task
def preprocess_data(raw_value: float) -> float:
    """Mock preprocessing: normalize the input value."""
    return raw_value / 100.0


@task
def train_model(features: float) -> dict:
    """Mock training: return a fake model artifact."""
    return …
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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 Evaluate Accuracy, Precision, and Recall in Python

Compute accuracy, precision, and recall for a binary classification model using scikit-learn's metrics functions.

metrics classification scikit-learn
Python
from sklearn.metrics import accuracy_score, precision_score, recall_score

if __name__ == "__main__":
    y_true = [0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1]
    y_pred = [0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1]

    accuracy = accuracy_score(y_true, y_pred)
    precision = precision_score(y_true, y_pred)
    recall = recall_score(y_true, y_pred)

   …
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ML engineering pipelines medium

How to Mock ROC AUC in Python

Compute ROC AUC from scratch in Python using pairwise comparisons between positive and negative score distributions, ideal for testing ML models without sklearn.

machine-learning model-evaluation auc
Python
import random
from math import comb


def mock_roc_auc(scores, labels):
    """Compute mock ROC AUC by simulating a classifier's score distribution."""
    random.seed(42)
    n = len(labels)
    pos_scores = [scores[i] for i in range(n) if labels[i] == 1]
    neg_scores = [scores[i] for i in range(n) if labels[i] == …
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ML engineering pipelines medium

How to Train a Gradient Boosting Regressor in Python

Build and evaluate a scikit-learn GradientBoostingRegressor on a synthetic dataset, printing test MSE and feature importances.

sklearn gradient-boosting regression
Python
import numpy as np
from sklearn.ensemble import GradientBoostingRegressor
from sklearn.metrics import mean_squared_error

def train_gradient_boosting_mock():
    # Toy regression dataset
    np.random.seed(42)
    X = np.random.rand(100, 3) * 10
    y = 2 * X[:, 0] - 1.5 * X[:, 1] + 0.5 * X[:, 2] + np.random.normal(0,…
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ML engineering pipelines medium

K-Fold Cross Validation in Python: A Simple Implementation

Implements k-fold cross validation from scratch, splitting data into folds and computing MSE scores for a baseline mean-predictor model.

cross-validation ml model-evaluation
Python
import random
from statistics import mean


def cross_validation_scores(data, labels, k=5, seed=42):
    random.seed(seed)
    indices = list(range(len(data)))
    random.shuffle(indices)
    fold_size = len(indices) // k
    folds = []
    for i in range(k):
        if i == k - 1:
            folds.append(indices[i *…
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A/B testing & experimentation easy

How to Evaluate Feature Flags in Python

A Python function that evaluates boolean feature flags with user-specific overrides, returning whether a flag is enabled and the reason for the decision.

feature flags ab testing experimentation
Python
import json

def evaluate_feature_flag(feature_name, context, flag_configs):
    """
    Evaluates a boolean feature flag given a context dictionary.

    Args:
        feature_name: The name of the feature flag.
        context: A dictionary of user/request context (e.g., {"user_id": "123"}).
        flag_configs: A …
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Database scaling & optimization medium

Simulate Shard Key Cardinality in Python

Generate mock data with configurable cardinality to evaluate shard key distribution and detect hotspots in database scaling design.

sharding cardinality database
Python
import random
import string

def calculate_cardinality(values):
    """Return the number of distinct values in the given list."""
    return len(set(values))

def generate_mock_data(num_records, cardinality):
    """Generate mock records for a shard key with given cardinality."""
    possible_keys = [f"key_{i:04d}" fo…
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