In a previous blog post I outlined steps for building a Tinder bot in Python. You can view the original post here: Building a Tinder Bot in Python. A tinder bot can automatically swipe right for you and even send automated messages if you really want to get fancy. However, I should warn you with … Continue reading Automatic Tinder Authentication Token Retriever in Python
Best Code Editors
BEST CODE EDITORS When learning to write code, whether you're learning HTML, Python, Javascript, or any other language, having the best code editor can greatly improve your skills and increase your learning speed. Below I have compiled a list of some of the best code editors. JetBrains: Developer Tools for Professionals and Teams By far … Continue reading Best Code Editors
How to Run Web Drivers with Proxies in Python
Often times when scraping web data, accessing API's, or any other automated web activity through Python, you will want to use a web driver and/or proxy as levels of protection for your script and personal IP address. Using combinations of different web drivers and proxies can help ensure your process and personal IP are not blocked … Continue reading How to Run Web Drivers with Proxies in Python
10 Simple Money Management Steps
Despite vastly available information and generations of adults becoming more and more tech savvy, it seems that many people are still at a loss when it comes to money management, pun intended. If you feel like you are one of those people lacking the knowledge, or even if you are an expert simply looking for more … Continue reading 10 Simple Money Management Steps
A Quantitative Analysis of Volatility and Market Fundamentals for Trading in the Options Market Using Statistical Arbitrage
Guest Post by Luis Cruz A Quantitative Analysis of Volatility and Market Fundamentals for Trading in the Options Market Using Statistical Arbitrage Introduction In the last few decades, there has been an astonishing demand in the market for derivatives. Options are a very powerful tool for investors and traders. They are complex financial derivatives that … Continue reading A Quantitative Analysis of Volatility and Market Fundamentals for Trading in the Options Market Using Statistical Arbitrage
An Interview with Luis Cruz
I am a firm believer in keeping company that is more intelligent than I. It would be naive of me to deny that a majority of what I've learned in recent years is mostly a result of the knowledge my friends have shared. As an attempt to show gratitude, I thought it would be fun … Continue reading An Interview with Luis Cruz
Training a Perceptron Model in Python
I recently started reading the book Python Machine Learning by Sebastian Raschka. As I go through the book, I plan on doing a series of posts that will outline what I learn along the way. This post outlines the first chapter, "Training Machine Learning Algorithms for Classification". Specifically, the chapter dives into using a Perceptron … Continue reading Training a Perceptron Model in Python
Tracking Where Your Emails Come From
Recently, I started receiving odd emails in my usually clean Gmail inbox. Unsure if they were spam or someone just trying to mess with me, it got my brain ticking and I decided to try figuring out where the emails came from. The steps here will be presented assuming you're using Gmail on a Mac … Continue reading Tracking Where Your Emails Come From
Likes4Lives: Suicide Prevention
In September of 2015, I started Likes4Lives, a 501c3 non-profit aimed at raising awareness for suicided prevention. Suicide is one of the top-ten killers in America, yet mental health research receives some of the least funding. The goal is to use social media as a medium for spreading real stories and fostering a community that … Continue reading Likes4Lives: Suicide Prevention
Building a Tinder Bot in Python
**UPDATE 11-19-17** I have included a function for automating the process of getting an auth token for the Tinder bot to work (Tinder Token Retriever). Shout out to the developer! To see a post of the code, view this post: Automatic Tinder Authentication Token Retriever in Python. The update has been included in the code … Continue reading Building a Tinder Bot in Python