Welcome to The Data Savvy Corner!

Author

Rich Leyshon

Modified

November 29, 2024

Intro

A site to store blogs about programming concepts, software development and data science. Generally things that future me will be thankful that I’ve recorded.

Site Overview

  • Technical Blogs : Technical blogs, Explanations, tutorials, how-to guides. All articles are categorised according to the excellent diataxis framework.

  • Music Reviews : Mostly album reviews. I listen to instrumental music when programming. This was a habit that I developed while working within a busy office environment. This has helped me efficiently establish a state of mental flow required for deep concentration. I’ll include reviews of some of my favourite albums here.

  • Book Reviews : Much of my casual reading is non-fiction and tangential to programming. I’ll review material here that I have found to be supportive of my work in various aspects.

Recent Articles

CodeCov shield

Automated CodeCov reports with GitHub Actions

How-to
CodeCov
Coverage
CI:CD
A quick How-to reference for uploading python coverage reports to the CodeCov service
Nov 29, 2024
Rich Leyshon
7 min

The Joker Taking a Nap.

Lazy Mocking

How-to
pytest
Unit tests
mocking
pytest-in-plain-english
patching
lazy
lazy evaluation
Mocking with Fixtures: Deferred Evaluation
Nov 5, 2024
Rich Leyshon
10 min

A cute cat-like character inspects code with a magnifying glass.

Commit with Clarity

Explanation
GitHub
Git
Version Control
Software Development
Blame
VSCode
Git Grep
Building a Better Audit Trail with GitHub
Oct 13, 2024
Rich Leyshon
14 min

Adventurer reading a large book within a mysterious jungle temple.

Choose Your Own Adventure with ChatGPT

Tutorial
Python Shiny
LLMs
Large Language Models
GenAI
Generative AI
Front End Dev
OpenAI
Iteratively Building an LLM-Powered Shiny Application.
Sep 21, 2024
Rich Leyshon
83 min

An image of A digital brain built from circuitry.

Building a Second Brain

A Proven Method to Organise Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential.
Non-fiction
Self-Help
Productivity
Personal Knowledge Management
Personal Development
Business
Psychology
Technology
Note Taking
Systematise what you’re already probably doing.
Sep 6, 2024
Rich Leyshon
8 min
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About Me

@r-leyshon

I am a Senior Developer at the the Ministry of Justice, UK. I enjoy programming & automation and an advocate for the standards outlined in Quality Assurance of Code for Analysis & Research. For more detail regarding my professional experience, please follow this link to my resumé. To collaborate, reach out at my GitHub profile.