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Constructing a Web Server Using Kafka

Kafka is an open-source distributed event streaming platform. The Confluent platform seen in the project runs an enhanced distribution of Kafka designed for community and commercial use. Using Pyth...

Building a Flask Web App to Track Public Transit

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority offers free access to an API that allows a user to track locations of busses within the MBTA system. The goal of this project was threefold: To de...

Airflow DAG Data Pipeline

Experience as a manufacturing engineer has taught me the importance of having well organized data at-the-ready. The goal of data analysis should be to create a pipeline that can be reused instead o...

Building a Zipline Trading Algorithm with Custom Pipeline Factors

The Zipline python library allows us to write and test trading algorithms. We can follow the zipline tutorial to setup the library. After using the sample market data provided, or sourcing our own,...

The Death of Quantopian and My Journey in Algorithmic Trading

Introduction A common theme shared with traders and investors is the psychological dilemma of executing a trade. The question at hand is always “What if?”. The question is prevalent before placing ...