A Simple Way To Time Code in Python by @edkruegerdata via @TDataScience

Use a decorator to time your functions in Python.

This looks very helpful if you want to write any Python that does something with dates.

10 Best Free Websites To Learn Programming by Bharath K in @TDataScience

Take a quick sneak peek at the 10 best free websites to learn programming from and improve your coding skills.

I would add to this list that many languages are also available in MOOCs like Udemy and EDX for free too. 

Import all Python libraries in one line of code by @aigeek7 via @TDataScience

Annoyed writing multiple import statements? Let PyForest do the work for you. 

This is really useful and definitely something worth considering. What I don't know, is if the loading of so many libraries would affect performance in some way.

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Top 10 Python Libraries for Data Science in 2021 by Terence Shin via @TDataScience

What You Should Learn and How You Can Learn them.

There were a few new ones to me and it has given me some "homework" to go and play with them and see how they can help me.

Unit Testing in Deep Learning by @msminhas93 via @TDataScience

In this article, Manpreet talks about unit tests and why as well as how to incorporate these in your code. He will start with a brief introduction of unit tests, followed by an example of unit tests in deep learning and how to run these both via command line and VS Code test explorer.

I really enjoyed reading this and it helps you understand why deep learning might be new but it is not exempt from the need to use unit testing on it before you put it live just like any other piece of code.

How AI (not automation) will revolutionize commercial trucking by @gcnichs via @ZDNet

Beset with labour shortages and the whims of markets and new technologies, truckers are getting a boost from digital brains.

This sounds like a great use for AI but if you read about this you can also see how your own business could use the same technology for something else.