Posts

  • Site update for 2024

    One of my new years resolutions for 2024 was to become more serious about old projects and make sure that they’re kept up to date. Fortunately, the previous design choices made when initially making this website are still holding up: a lightweight responsive design, written from the ground up on...
  • Plotly vs. Bokeh: Interactive Python Visualisation Pros and Cons

    Over the last year, I’ve worked extensively with large datasets in Python, which meant that I needed a more powerful data visualisation than trusty old Matplotlib. There are essentially only two libraries which provide the high level of interactivity I was looking for, while being mature enough: Plotly (+Dash) and...
  • Making a Qt GUI for a Python package

    While building the pyGAPS framework, several people reached out to me, interested in an easier to use interface to the program. It is true that coding isn’t everyone’s cup of tea (although it should be!), so I gave some thought to building a GUI for the software. As I had...
  • New website design

    While in the process of updating my publications I realised that the layout I of my website was very much outdated. It’s amazing what a counts as “good enough” after several hours of tedious work. It was time to renew the theme then! Originality is tough in the modern age,...
  • Building this website

    It makes sense that in the first post on my new website I would talk a bit about the technical side of it. I used to have another site which I built about three years ago. The aim was to get up to speed with new HTML5 features, as well...