Practices

Stop doing these mistakes in your Python codeImage Credits: UnsplashThe journey of reaching good analysis results is full of explorations, experimentations, and testing of multiple approaches. In this journey, we write a lot of codes that we and others refer to while working as a team. If your code is not clean enough, it will become a pain for others (and you too) to understand, reuse, or modify your code.If you write a neat and clean code, you will thank yourself and others will thank you too.This blog will introduce…

Google has added a new section to the Article structured data documentation for author markup best practices. As a reminder, Article structured data can be added to your news, blog, and sports article page and can enhance your appearance in Google Search results.Author markup. Google said in this new section “to help Google best understand and represent the author of the content, we recommend following these best practices when specifying authors in markup.”New best practices. The new best practices include these…

SYDNEY: The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on Monday started legal proceedings in the Federal Court against Mastercard for allegedly stifling competition in the supply of debit card acceptance services.The consumer watchdog said in a statement that it has instituted proceedings against Mastercard Asia/Pacific Pte Ltd and Mastercard Asia/Pacific (Australia) Pty Ltd.Mastercard's alleged anti-competitive conduct commenced in late 2017 in the context of the Reserve Bank of Australia's "least cost…

Web applications often require secrets like API keys, passwords, and private certificates to function, but storing and accessing these resources can leave developers vulnerable to security risks.In this article, you will learn about the challenges of secret management as well as some of the best practices for managing, storing, and reading secrets in web applications.What Are Secrets? Secrets are digital credentials used for authentication and authorization. They manage access rights at both the human-to-application and…

Britain's competition regulator on Thursday launched its second probe into the advertising practices of Google, saying the Alphabet-owned search giant could be distorting competition and may have illegally favoured its own services.The Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) latest probe follows its into Google and Facebook owner-Meta's "Jedi Blue" agreement earlier this year.The CMA said on Thursday it was examining three key parts of the ad tech stack chain, services that mediate ad tech, since Google owned the…

How to use Github, versioning, and data quality testing to your advantagePhoto by Estúdio Bloom on UnsplashWhether you started your career as a data engineer, data scientist, or data analyst, best practices in each role can be applied to your analytics workflow. As a former data engineer, I learned best practices for Github such as creating new branches, reviewing pull requests, and versioning my code.But, I’m not going to lie, when you go from a corporate role to a smaller company that is just getting its data stack off…

Learn how to make your SQL code interpretableSQL Coding Best Practices for Writing Clean Code (Image by Author)The journey of reaching good analysis results is full of explorations, experimentations, and testing of multiple approaches. In this journey, we write a lot of codes that we and others refer to while working as a team. If your code is not clean enough, it will become a pain for others (and you too) to understand, reuse, or modify your code.If you write a neat and clean code, you will thank yourself and others…

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming industries and how businesses function with hundreds of use cases. In order to realize its full potential, companies should scale their AI initiatives and widely integrate AI applications into their existing business processes. According to Accenture, companies that deploy AI at scale achieve ~3x higher return on AI investments than companies that are in the AI proof-of-concept stage. However, scaling AI initiatives from the proof-of-concept phase to the enterprise level is a…

The use of artificial intelligence is transforming industries, helping businesses solve real-world problems, and improving the daily lives of people around the world. It is expected that its usage will become more widespread in the near future: 90% of commercial apps will use AI by 2025, and the AI industry could be worth more than $15 trillion by 2030. However, the possibilities of AI bring with them great responsibilities, and many organizations are struggling to address the risks associated with AI adoption. According…

Changes in legislation over the use and distribution of cannabis in certain US states have seen the drug turn from an illicit black market to a corner store industry worth billions in just a few short years.  This rapid rise hasn't been without its teething problems as entrepreneurs, banks, advertisers, and public officials struggle to find common ground on the kinds of red tape that are necessary for striking a balance between safety and profit.According to a study led by researchers from the University of Colorado, one…