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John Raines

Level Up in Python with Dependency Inversion and Entry Points

Because third party libraries should help your code, not break it.

10 min readSep 5, 2023

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Level Up in Python with Dependency Inversion and Entry Points

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John Raines

Stop Training Models in DEV. Train Them in LAB.

Congratulations, ML professionals of all kinds, you’re using more than one environment for model training. Now, level up!

8 min readAug 4, 2023

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Stop Training Models in DEV. Train Them in LAB.

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Write a Lightweight Route Decorator in Python

If you’ve used an API framework or two (I love Flask), then you’ve seen this strategy at work. What you might not realize is that it’s…

5 min readDec 10, 2022

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Write a Lightweight Route Decorator in Python

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John Raines

A Refactoring-Coding-Challenge Checklist

The Challenges of the Challenges

8 min readDec 3, 2022

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A Refactoring-Coding-Challenge Checklist

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John Raines

Be an Engineer, not a Frameworker

Time to level up.

10 min readMar 7, 2022

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Python for Less-Terrible Secret-sharing

“I’ll just paste this into the chat and then delete it.”

3 min readFeb 23, 2022

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Python for Less-Terrible Secret-sharing

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John Raines

Modular Data Retrieval, an Architecture

How to architect your data stack for rapid, governable, iterative data set creation

11 min readJan 27, 2022

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Modular Data Retrieval, an Architecture

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Modular Data Retrieval (for Machine Learning, et al.), an Introduction

Grasp this key concept for feature stores and data virtualization platforms

5 min readJan 27, 2022

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Modular Data Retrieval (for Machine Learning, et al.), an Introduction

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John Raines

Write a Better config.py

Your app deserves it. The world deserves it.

7 min readOct 18, 2021

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Write a Better config.py

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A Python Core Competency Checklist

Whether Python is your first language, or your 10th, here’s a list of basic competencies which, once mastered, will take you far. Note that…

8 min readJul 21, 2021

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A Python Core Competency Checklist

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John Raines

John Raines

For money, I’m a software engineer who primarily works in machine learning platform design. For free, I read fantasy novels and raise children (my own).

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