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Snowpark ML Toolkit and dbt Python Models By: Felipe Hoffa, Developer Advocate
Date: Nov. 9, 2023, 6 p.m.

In this session we will perform a full exploration of the Snowpark ML Toolkit using dbt Python models on the dbt Cloud without any package installation. You will learn how Snowflake improves on familiar ML libraries like Scikit-Learn and XGBoost to make them scale within its scalable runtime.

 

During this session you will: 

  • Start with 50,000 rows and scale to 50 million rows on various data transformations with the toolkit
  • Train and predict a dbt Python model with XGBoost
  • Switch between SQL and Python transformations in a pipeline where dbt takes care of the boilerplate code when pushing to Snowflake 
5 Python modules for fun and profit By: Joe Jasinski
Date: Oct. 24, 2023, 5:30 p.m.

In this lightning talk, you will learn about 5 cool Python modules that are guaranteed to boost your productivity and expand your coding horizons. Join us for this thrilling session and discover these exciting Python modules!

Saturday: A natural language network scanning tool. By: Joshua Herman
Date: Oct. 24, 2023, 5:30 p.m.

A natural language chatbot accessible using SMS and the internet. Under the hood it uses langchain (a way to augment LLMs) that currently is accessible through its SMS interface (  and web interface (http://www.securday.com) . Under the hood it is 94% Python using langchain to manage the interactions with OpenAI's GPT-4 and can calculate with wolfram alpha , create and run python scripts, interact with Bash and retrieve shodan's security scans.

Secret Storytelling in Python By: Raymond Berg
Date: Sept. 14, 2023, 6:30 p.m.

Everyone in 2020 developed a new hobby, mine was tabletop storytelling. I started searching for tools that would help me keep track of the complex relationships inside the stories, but nothing fit my desires for a fast and easy-to-use wiki to keep track of our lore. In this talk, I'll introduce you to secret-wiki, a project I started to make editing and sharing more fun. React + FastAPI.

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Stepping up your Product Management game with Python By: Walter Goulet
Date: Sept. 14, 2023, 6:30 p.m.

Learn about how Python can help product managers with some of the day to day tasks that are needed to understand how their products are used, prototype ideas to explain to engineering teams and help you avoid drowning in spreadsheets.

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Reproducibly building and analyzing knowledge graphs with Nextflow, Neo4j and Python By: Chase Clark
Date: Aug. 10, 2023, 6:30 p.m.

Demonstration of using Python as the core of a multi-language workflow to mine through terabytes of genomic data.

pydistcheck: detect portability issues in Python package distributions By: James Lamb
Date: Aug. 10, 2023, 6:30 p.m.

In this talk, attendees will learn about some common issues with software packages that can make them difficult to host, download, and install. With a specific focus on Python packages, this talk covers "pydistcheck", a linter that can report such portability issues (https://github.com/jameslamb/pydistcheck). If you like linters and Python packaging, this talk is for you!

What’s new in Pydantic V2 By: Adrian Garcia Badaracco
Date: Aug. 10, 2023, 6:30 p.m.

I'll be going over new features and changes in Pydantic V2. Pydantic is a very popular schema definition and data validation library for Python.

Building a Missing Persons Database with Django and React By: Tatyana Parks
Date: Aug. 10, 2023, 6:30 p.m.

Son Irremplazables('They are Irreplaceable' in Spanish) is a grassroots initiative committed to raising awareness about the issue of missing individuals in the Dominican Republic. In this presentation, we will delve into the development of a missing persons database, leveraging the power of Django as the backend framework and React as the frontend library. Join us as we explore this application's technical intricacies designed to assist in the search and recovery efforts for missing individuals. By highlighting the disappearances and their impact, the website aims to bring attention to this pressing social concern, advocate for solutions, and support affected family members while they search for their loved ones.

Repeatable Repeats with rpeat By: Jeff Ryan
Date: July 6, 2023, 6 p.m.

We made a job scheduler and reporting tool for ourselves. And then it turned out to be too good to keep internal. So here it is. Named rpeat, because jobs repeat but it also repeats important details about your job's to you wherever you are. It is dead simple but feature rich, intuitive but powerful.