Posts – Tech’n’Take

Turtle Island: A Utility Kit for Polars Expressions

python

polars

ti

This weekend, I started building a Python package called Turtle Island, which collects some of my ideas for helper functions aimed at reducing boilerplate when writing…

Creating an Integrated marimo UI Explorer with Great Tables

python

marimo

gt

While working with marimo widgets, I often find myself wanting a quick glance at what each widget looks like or which parameters it accepts. That’s when I realized—this was…

Time Machine for Great Tables in marimo

python

marimo

gt

This post demonstrates how to build a “time machine” that lets you easily navigate through different stages of table construction using Great Tables in a marimo notebook.

Send Email via marimo

python

marimo

resend

This post demonstrates how to send emails using Resend from within a marimo app.

Interactive Django Deployment Checklist with marimo

python

marimo

gt

django

I love Django—it covers pretty much everything I need in a web environment. However, when it comes time to deploy a project to production, there are always a bunch of…

Great Tables with marimo in Quarto

python

gt

marimo

This is a follow-up to my previous post.

marimo in Quarto

python

marimo

This post demonstrates that Polars, Great Tables, and marimo can successfully run within a Quarto environment (as shown in this post). The example uses a table styler…

Styling tricks in Great Tables

python

pandas

polars

gt

This post highlights a powerful yet underused feature in Great Tables: using existing columns to style the table body via from_column().

case_when() in Polars

python

polars

This is a follow-up to my previous post.

Custom Row Selector in Great Tables

python

pandas

polars

gt

This short post shows how we can create custom row selectors in Great Tables by leveraging the row index. While it may or may not be adopted by the team, I thought it would…

Polars Custom Expression Namespace

python

polars

Today I explored how to register a custom expression namespace in Polars. This feature turned out to be super helpful for solving a common problem I run into when building…

Clone the Reciprocal Tariffs Table Using Plotnine

python

polars

plotnine

This post presents a recreated visualization using Polars and plotnine, based on my earlier work.

Weekend Challenge – Recreating a Data Visualization with Polars and Plotnine

python

polars

matplotlib

plotnine

This post is part of a visualization recreation challenge using Polars and plotnine, inspired by my earlier work.

How to Access the Axes in Plotnine

python

matplotlib

plotnine

This is a short post documenting my experience trying to retrieve the Axes from plotnine.

Clone the Reciprocal Tariffs Table Using Great Tables

python

polars

gt

This post demonstrates how to clone the Reciprocal Tariffs table that President Donald Trump announced on April 2 on Truth Social.

Applying Custom Color Palettes to the Table Body in Great Tables

python

pandas

polars

gt

This post provides a concise guide on styling the table body with custom colors using Pandas and Polars.

Weekend Challenge - Effective Data Visualization with Polars and Matplotlib

python

pandas

polars

matplotlib

It was an honor to be one of the reviewers for Matt Harrison’s new book, Effective Visualization. If you’re looking to deepen your understanding of how to use Pandas and…

Three Approaches to Styling the Table Body in Great Tables

python

polars

gt

This post demonstrates three approaches to styling the table body:

Exploring Resend SMTP Service with Django

python

django

resend

This post demonstrates how to integrate Resend with django-allauth seamlessly in a Django project. If you’re looking to use Resend for sending emails via Django, refer to the …