Polars Lazy API: collect(), fetch(), and describe_plan()
So far, we’ve used Polars in “Eager” mode (like Pandas), where df.filter() runs immediately. However, the Polars Lazy API offers a different approach to working…
AI Project: Image Generation with Stable Diffusion (Hugging Face)
This is the project you’ve been waiting for. We’re going to write a Python script that generates a unique image from a text prompt (e.g.,…
AI Project: Create Text Embeddings with Hugging Face (Sentence Transformers)
This is one of the most powerful concepts in modern AI. In particular, Hugging Face Text Embeddings are an innovative way to use embeddings today….
The Fastest Way to Save Data: Polars and Parquet (2026 Guide)
You’ve been taught to use .csv files for everything. This is fine for small files, but for data science in 2026, it’s slow and inefficient….
AI Project: Build a Web App for Your Hugging Face Model (with Gradio)
You’ve built amazing AI models, but how do you let your friends or colleagues use them without running your script? One solution is to share…
High-Performance NLP: Pre-processing Text with Polars (2026 Guide)
When preparing text data for an AI model, you’re often working with millions of rows. For this reason, many practitioners are interested in Polars NLP…
AI Project: Fine-Tuning a Hugging Face Model (Part 3: Evaluation & Sharing)
This is the final part of our fine-tuning series. In this article, we’ll explore Hugging Face Evaluate and Share to wrap up our journey. Now,…
Working with JSON in Polars: The .json Namespace (2026 Guide)
It’s very common to have a column in your data that contains a JSON string. In Pandas, this is slow and difficult to work with….
AI Project: Fine-Tuning a Hugging Face Model (Part 2: The Trainer)
Welcome to Part 2! In Part 1 (The Data), we loaded the “imdb” dataset and prepared it with a tokenizer. Now, we’ll do the exciting…
Polars and Databases: Reading from SQL (The 2026 Guide)
In the real world, data doesn’t just live in CSV files. It lives in SQL databases. If you’re looking for a simple way to use…
