Ben’s Blog

  • Explore Your Music Library with Python

    Explore Your Music Library with Python

    Hi all! ‘Tis the season for Spotify Wrapped, that is, if you subscribe to Spotify. I used to, but I left for two reasons: The algorithm was not…

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  • Deployment-Ready Flask App

    Deployment-Ready Flask App

    For me, deployment is one of the most exciting parts of the development process. Knowing code is live and serving a real-world purpose. Unfortunately, while developing, the gulf…

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  • Searching for Jazz

    Searching for Jazz

    I may have mentioned in one of my first posts that one of my long-term goals is to create a music discovery/recommendation algorithm. The music streaming apps are…

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  • Solutions, not Code

    Solutions, not Code

    This week, I’ve been testing different text-to-image AI models from Hugging Face on my PC. (You might find some in this post.) It prompted some reflections on the…

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  • Taking Credit

    Taking Credit

    Being a big personality but a humble person, I struggle taking credit for my accomplishments sometimes. So in a single post I can update and link to as…

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  • Book App with React Native (Portfolio Edition)

    Book App with React Native (Portfolio Edition)

    Wrapping up development on my simple, lightweight, TBR book app with react native! Check out the code here! I wrote it with React Native, meaning it runs on…

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