Datascope uses Python for strategy consulting, software development, training, running their business, and other fun projects. Some key uses of Python at Datascope include creating Jupyter notebooks for consulting work, developing prototypes quickly, and using Python libraries like Scikit-Learn and Django. They also find Python useful for self-guided training assignments and building tools to help run their business.

1. for fun and profit
Datascope runs on Python
Bo Peng · NICO Python Project Night · March 16, 2016

2. who am I, anyway?

3. who are these folks?

4. What we do
Strategy
Consulting
Development
Training

5. What we use Python for
Consulting
Development
Training
Run a business
Other things we think
are fun or important

6. Before you think we’re
a python shop…
Bootstrap

7. python
is our
“lingua franca”

8. Why?
- Most of the reasons most other people have said or
will say
- Great for prototyping
- Used in the world of science
- Easy to learn/teach

9. in practice

10. Consulting
- Jupyter notebooks can be nice for
keeping notes and iterating on plots
- Quick scripts play nice with unix
tools
- libraries like Scikit-Learn, seaborn

11. - prototype -> production is fast
- let the database do the heavy lifting
- develop our own tools when
necessary
ConsultingDevelopment
datascopeanalytics/traces

12. Sparck API for:
Case study

13. Case study:

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15. Case study:

16. + =

17. - Class hacks
ConsultingDevelopmentTraining

18. - Jupyter notebooks make great self-
guided assignments
ConsultingDevelopmentTraining

19. - website/blog: running on Django
- treat ourselves like a client
ConsultingDevelopmentTrainingRun a business
datascopeanalytics/a-model
Bank account/revenue
simulation + forecasting

20. - fun blog posts
ConsultingDevelopmentTrainingRun a businessOther things we think
are fun or important

21. ConsultingDevelopmentTrainingRun a businessOther things we think
are fun or important
datascopeanalytics/scrubadub
Removing personally identifiable
information from text
- fun blog posts
- open source tools

23. What we use Python for
Consulting
Development
Training
Run a business
Other things we think
are fun or important

24. .co@bo_p
thanks!