Does Pit Stop Timing Predict Finishing Position in Formula 1?Introduction This notebook is a structured univariate strictly linear feature selection pass on an F1 race dataset (2020-2025), with won_race as the binary target. The point is to figure out which feaApr 26 · 19 min readtheforce.hashnode.dev
rebuilding my tiling window manager....againI do this every few months. Something breaks, or I get bored, or I convince myself that this time I'll actually get it right — really sit down, think it through, write clean configs. You'd think I'd lApr 25 · 7 min readtheforce.hashnode.dev
Integrating MLflow into Python LoggingThis article solves an arguably niche issue where we wish to log both to the mlflow tracking server as well as other sources, such as a live terminal or some cloud storage destination. To be concrete, the aim of this post is to detail the setup proce...Sep 18, 2024 · 5 min readtheforce.hashnode.dev
Optimizing Delta TablesDelta tables carry many unique, useful properties. This post deconstructs three core concepts used by Delta tables for query runtime and space optimization. Compaction This is the most basic form of space optimization. When large amounts of data is s...Jan 31, 2024 · 8 min readtheforce.hashnode.dev
Monkeypatching Spark I/O in PythonThis is something that I attempted to find a guide for online, but it appears that the niche nature of pyspark (and the lack of practice for testing data-centric operations) results in no clear one-stop location for figuring out how to do this (appar...Aug 5, 2023 · 5 min readtheforce.hashnode.dev
