Frank Corso

Does the Age of Congress Members Reflect the Populations They Represent?

Frank Corso — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:15:00 -0400

This analysis examines the median age of U.S. Congress members vs. the U.S. and state populations. Find out if Congress truly represents the age demographics of the nation and individual states.

Apple Podcasts Charts Weekly Ranking Changes for Science Podcasts in US

Frank Corso — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 08:20:00 -0400

A chart showing the weekly ranking changes for science podcasts in the US.

How To Use OpenSearch in Python To Index and Search Data

Frank Corso — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 09:00:00 -0500

Need to add search functionality to your Python app? This guide walks you through everything you need to get started with OpenSearch, from setting up your first index to writing fuzzy and multi-field queries.

Revenue vs Number of Employees for Fortune 500

Frank Corso — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 08:20:00 -0500

A scatterplot comparing revenue per employee for Fortune 500 companies.

Creating A Scatterplot Chart In Seaborn

Frank Corso — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 09:00:00 -0500

Scatterplots are a great way to visualize relationships between different dimensions. Learn how to create them in Python using Seaborn.

How to Automate Kaggle Dataset Updates Using the Python API

Frank Corso — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:15:00 -0500

Maintaining datasets on Kaggle? This tutorial walks you through automating dataset updates using the Kaggle Python API. You’ll learn how to authenticate, format the required data metadata file, and upload new versions programmatically—perfect for integrating into your data pipelines.

Find largest tables in a MySQL database

Frank Corso — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 08:20:00 -0500

Need to find the largest tables in a MySQL database? Use this query.

Creating Your First Streamlit Dashboard

Frank Corso — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 09:00:00 -0500

Learn how to get started with Streamlit by building a simple, interactive dashboard from scratch.

119th Congress Bills Introduced Per Member

Frank Corso — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:20:00 -0500

I was curious to know how many bills a U.S. Congress member introduces or co-sponsors.

Scraping Web Pages in Python Using Requests and Beautiful Soup

Frank Corso — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 09:00:00 -0500

Do you need to extract content or links from a webpage programmatically? You can do so in Python using Requests and Beautiful Soup!

Creating A Heatmap Chart In Seaborn

Frank Corso — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -0400

Heatmaps are a great way to visualize the frequency or ranges of a multi-dimensional dataset. Learn how to create them in Python using Seaborn.

How to Query Athena using Python

Frank Corso — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -0400

Using AWS Athena? Learn how to use Python to perform queries to get data from Athena.

Removing Stop Words Using Python

Frank Corso — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -0400

Working with text data for analysis or machine learning? You probably will need to remove stop words. Learn how in this article!

Visualizing Connections Using Chord Diagrams in Python

Frank Corso — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Looking to visualize connections between different categorical values? Learn how to create a chord diagram!

Getting Started With AWS Athena To Easily Query Data in S3

Frank Corso — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 10:00:00 -0400

Explore the capabilities of AWS Athena, a versatile serverless query engine that empowers you to effortlessly query unstructured, semi-structured, and structured data stored in Amazon S3 using SQL.

Evaluating Classification Models Using Accuracy, Precision, Recall, and More

Frank Corso — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 10:00:00 -0400

Assessing your classification model’s performance is a critical step. This article explores the key classification metrics such as accuracy, precision, recall, f1 score, and specificity.

Creating Your First Chart Using Seaborn

Frank Corso — Mon, 26 May 2025 08:20:00 -0400

Looking to visualize the data from your Pandas dataframe? Seaborn is a great data visualization library. Learn how it works by creating your first chart!

How To Use MySQL’s GROUP_CONCAT To Get Aggregated Lists of Values

Frank Corso — Mon, 19 May 2025 08:00:00 -0400

One of my favorite MySQL functions that I wished more people knew about is GROUP_CONCAT. This lets you create an aggregated list of values in your queries. Read on to learn how to use it.

Reading From and Writing to CSV Files in Python

Frank Corso — Mon, 12 May 2025 08:20:00 -0400

Need to work with CSV files in Python? Learn how to open, read, and write to CSV files!

Are Movies Getting Longer?

Frank Corso — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 12:15:00 -0400

With several longer movies being released in the last few years, I wanted to see if movies have gotten longer.