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• Deploying a Trained SpaCy Model As a Python Sub-Package

  So you've trained your spaCy NLP model, you've got it to the highest accuracy you can push it to, and now you want to use it in your project or product. Now, what do you do? If we were to take a glance at the official spaCy documentation for packaging, they advise using their command line interface to build a deployable Python package containing the model. This results in a package that can then be imported as follows:

  Oct 31, 2020 Read more...

• Translating Data Types Between Elixir and Python (when using Erlport/Export)

  As explained in my original post on connecting Python with Elixir, there are some data translation issues that we will have to deal with when interfacing between the two languages. Thankfully, the Erlport documentation kindly provides a full table of the data type mappings, which we can now use to make our lives easier. Translating On The Python Side When calling Python from Elixir, we will want pass our arguments as so:

  Oct 31, 2020 Read more...

• Using Recursive Functions for Ecto Query Building

  Composability is the name of the game when it comes to writing Ecto queries. With such a beautifully designed DSL given to us, we should make full use of its design to build our queries. A Brief on Recursive Functions Recursive functions are functions that call themselves. There is the risk of functions becoming infinite loops if they are not given exit conditions. Here's an example: def eat(food) when food == "biscuits" do eat(food, "water") end def eat(food) do eat(food, nil) end # return the final digestable result def eat(food, drink) do {food, drink} end In the example, we keep calling the eat function until we end up with a digestable form of input, a food input and drink.

  Sep 16, 2020 Read more...