Full stack developer & Data scientist
Background While using ORMs in Python offers a great deal of flexibility in many respects, one of the biggest drawbacks is database maintenance. What happens if you just alter the models in your code? If you do so, you will have to either: manually alter/drop/create the tables in your database – can seriously decrease maintainability, … Read more
Why wouldn’t we use Django ORM? Using Django ORM is not suited for real database operations. Sure, it might look okay(ish) when you are only performing basic CRUD operations. But it will force you to perform database queries in the least optimized way (see N+1 SELECT issue)… Its syntax is inconsistent, and its lack of … Read more
What is a chatbot? A chatbot, or chatterbot, is a computer program aiming at simulating a written conversation with a human user. Why making one? Well, first… because it’s fun! Since Alan Turing, chatbot programming has been a way to test computer’s ability to pretend like they are human (see Turing test). Also, chatbots can … Read more