Welcome. I’m a developer with expertise in data science and finance, answering real-world questions through computation, optimization and visualization. I also make videos on YouTube.
Latest Posts
Data Science CV
I’ve published my resume at cv.blakerayvid.com, rewriting my old Word file as a plain HTML/CSS/JS document. It lists my skills, projects, work history, and provides a PDF download. I built it to give a fast, clear view of what I do. Thanks to this change, I can now maintain my resume with VSCode and GitHub….
Compare Stock Returns
This page lets you enter multiple stock tickers (eg. AAPL, MSFT, GOOGL) and even portfolio expressions (eg. 1.75*NVDA+2.5*AMZN+5.5*KO) and compare their returns visually against a benchmark (like SPY). It’s built with Python and Flask on the backend. Data comes from Yahoo Finance via the yfinance library, pandas crunches the numbers, and matplotlib generates the plots….
SOAP: A New Polling Platform
Constructive political criticism online is hard to find. Discussions quickly turn mean, and even minor disagreements can escalate into major arguments. Messages often get lost if one’s audience is too small, and misunderstood words can lead to backlash. That’s where Soap comes in—a new kind of social platform designed to change the way we talk…