A few months ago, I overcame a challenging hurdle in my spare time passion project. It seemed like I reached a dead end, but I got past it thanks to discovering a new Python package, SymPy. The Background After going down the rabbit hole with reinforcement learning, I conceded my problem was best solved using a regression algorithm. Still, the best results I saw came from exploiting the training loop in the early days. ...
The project I am currently working on has an input form that takes doubles for some of its fields. I am using CoreData to persist my data and was surprised to find optional scalars are not supported. Regardless of whether or not Optional is checked, the type in the Swift codegen will always be Double and never be optional. This behaviour is not a bug, but rather just a difference in how Optionals work in CoreData - it refers to optional at save time. ...
I’ve been spending a lot of time in SwiftUI lately and, so far, I love it. While it is remarkably flexible and powerful, it is still very young. There are still pain points from what seems to be a lack of coverage in the framework. Worse still, because it is changing and updating so rapidly, I am finding that much advice on StackOverflow and many blog posts are outdated already. ...