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🚀 DSA: The 8-Week Grind – Join Me in This Challenge! (Week 1, Day 1 Recap)

SAI GOUTHAM — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 06:11:31 +0000

Hey Devs! 👋

Ever started a DSA roadmap and quit halfway because it felt overwhelming?

I’ve been there.

That’s why I decided to stop overthinking and commit to an 8-Week Grind Challenge, where I break down Data Structures and Algorithms day by day in bite-sized tasks—no fluff, just action.

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💡 Why Am I Doing This?
• To simplify DSA for self-learners.
• To build a consistent coding habit (1% better every day).
• To learn in public and stay accountable.

If you’ve struggled with “where to start” or “how to stay consistent,” this challenge might be for you too.

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🗓️ Week 1, Day 1 — Python Programming Fundamentals

On Day 1, I covered:
• Variables & Data Types
• Conditional Statements
• Loops (for, while)
• Functions (with syntax + examples)

But instead of dumping theory, I’m sharing real code snippets + outputs, so you can follow along and practice immediately.

🔗 Read the full breakdown here 👉 DSA: The 8-Week Grind – Week 1 Day 1

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✍️ What’s Next?

Every day, I’ll publish a post covering:
• Day 2: Python OOPs Concepts
• Day 3: Advanced Python (Decorators, Wrappers, etc.)
• And so on till we build a solid DSA foundation.

If you want to:
• Join the grind
• Follow along at your own pace
• Or simply see how a structured 8-week DSA roadmap looks like

👉 Bookmark this DSA Grind Series for daily posts.

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💬 Let’s Connect!

I’d love to know:
• Are you working on DSA too?
• What’s the biggest hurdle you face while learning algorithms?

Python Beginner Level Project Series |Episode - 2|

SAI GOUTHAM — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 17:32:22 +0000

Hii again! I am Goutham.
Welcome to the Python beginner level project Series.

EPISODE 2 - BODY MASS INDEX(BMI) CALCULATOR

Description: Using this project we can Find the Body Mass Index of an individual based upon his Height and Weight.
📝Project - 02
🎓Skill-Level: Beginner
🎨Language-Python

💡You can run the project by clicking down the link below 👇
click here to run
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Get The Code Here
Feel free to download and edit the code💨
See the project in more detail at my GitHub.
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If You Did not check my previous Episode Click below to see: Episode-1
See You on the Next Episode
K. SAI GOUTHAM - Thank you 👋🏻

Converting Elements in List to a String in Python - Easy

SAI GOUTHAM — Thu, 26 Aug 2021 19:44:41 +0000

💡 Quick Tips

You can Convert any list into a string using the code above:
Step:1 - Declare the desired List
Step:2 - Declare an Empty String
Step:3 - Write the for loop
Step:4 - Print the Output

Author:

K. SAI GOUTHAM

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GETTING STARTED WITH CONDA

SAI GOUTHAM — Sat, 21 Aug 2021 16:27:12 +0000

What will you learn from reading this article?

📌 About Anaconda
📌 Installing Anaconda in your Computer
📌 About Conda package
📌 What are Conda Environments
📌 working with Anaconda Prompt / Terminal
📌 Setting up Conda Environments
📌 The 10 basic Syntaxes to Master the Conda Environment Setup

Lets get Started

We all know that Anaconda is the very popular amongst Data Scientists, python Programmers, etc. This Article helps you with getting started with Conda and setting up Anaconda in your PC. This article also helps you with Setting up Environments in your PC using Anaconda.

What is Anaconda?

Wikipedia says that - Anaconda is a distribution of the Python and R programming languages for scientific computing (data science, machine learning applications, large-scale data processing, predictive analytics, etc.), that aims to simplify package management and deployment. The distribution includes data-science packages suitable for Windows, Linux, and macOS. It is developed and maintained by Anaconda, Inc., which was founded by Peter Wang and Travis Oliphant in 2012. As an Anaconda, Inc. product, it is also known as Anaconda Distribution or Anaconda Individual Edition, while other products from the company are Anaconda Team Edition and Anaconda Enterprise Edition, both of which are not free.

Why Anaconda?

Conda has very wide set of Packages for python programming which makes coding simpler compared. Anaconda packages keeps on getting updated constantly as well.
Anaconda also comes with several IDE's and Text Editors like, Pycharm, Sypder, Jupyter notebook, etc., Leaving the user to choose on which platform does he wants to code upon.
The UI is pretty smooth and good.
It has a separate app called Anaconda Navigator which is really helpful to keep track of all our your installed libraries, packages and their updated versions, Conda - Installed text editors / IDE.
It also comes with R - Studio. (you need to install it from the anaconda Navigator).
The best part of Anaconda is it comes with Anaconda Prompt, through which we can install libraries, packages, dependencies, etc., with easy bash commands. (it might not be anything interesting for Linux/Mac OS users but when it comes to windows users, they suffer a lot with the power shell being used in the command line which is slightly different from Terminal.)

How to Setup Anaconda in Your PC?

Step :1 Go to Anaconda Site - https://www.anaconda.com/
Visit The Anaconda website Login if you want to. Then Click on Get Started.

Step :2 Download Anaconda for your PC based on Your OS
Click on the download Anaconda Installers and select your OS.

Step :3 Install Anaconda
After the file gets downloaded, Install it. The installation Process will be pretty simple. This might take some time so have a cup of Tea and Come back.

THE CONDA PACKAGE

Anaconda official website documentation about Conda Says that - Conda is an open-source package management system and environment management system that runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Conda quickly installs, runs, and updates packages and their dependencies. Conda easily creates, saves, loads, and switches between environments on your local computer. It was created for Python programs but it can package and distribute software for any language.

In its default configuration, Conda can install and manage the over 7,500 packages at repo.anaconda.com that are built, reviewed, and maintained by Anaconda®.

⚙ Setting Up the Environments in Anaconda!

So many people doesn't understand the purpose of creating Environments and how to create the work environment in anaconda.

❓But Why to setup an environment?

Setting up your own work environment is necessary because you cant keep track of every single package as there are multiple packages which keeps or suggests updating on regular basis. So some programs doesn't work if they have done in older package version and run after the package got updated. So in such case instead of avoiding of installing and reinstalling the packages you can simple create a work environment of that version of the package and run the program in that environment every time which is pretty cool and time saving.
Environments are highly useful especially when you are working as a team. When you are working as a team its not possible that every package that you and your friends have are of same versions. So sometimes code may not get executed properly due to the difference of the packages versions. In such cases you can clone / import your friends Environment into your PCs and work on the project without any problems.
The good thing about Conda is, it keeps all the history of the changes that you make so you can easily roll back if you wanted the previous version of it.

Note: MAC/LINUX Users use the terminal and Windows users use Anaconda Prompt for the following steps:

1️⃣ CREATING THE ENVIRONMENTS

Creating a New Environment:

conda create --name myenv

✅ When conda asks you to proceed, type y:

proceed ([y]/n)?

This creates the myenv environment in /envs/. No packages will be installed in this environment.

Creating an Environment with Specific Version of Python:

conda create -n myenv python=3.6

Creating an environment with a specific package:

conda create -n myenv scikit-learn

                           (OR)

conda create -n myenv python
conda install -n myenv scikit-learn

Creating environment with a specific version of a package:

conda create -n myenv scipy=0.15.0

                       (OR)

conda create -n myenv python
conda install -n myenv scipy=0.15.0

Creating environment with a specific version of Python and multiple packages:

conda create -n myenv python=3.6 scipy=0.15.0 astroid babel

myenv - basically your environment name .

💡 TIP:

These are the basic ways to creating an environment. However You can do much more with conda create command. For details, run conda create --help.

2️⃣ ACTIVATING THE ENVIRONMENTS

You can Activate the conda Environment by typing the below code:

conda activate myenv

myenv - basically your environment name

3️⃣ DEACTIVATING THE ENVIRONMENTS

You can Deactivate the conda Environment by typing the below code:

conda deactivate

4️⃣ CLONING THE ENVIRONMENTS

You can Clone your exact conda Environment by typing the below code:

conda create --name myclone --clone myenv

myclone - basically the name of clone environment

myenv - name of the environment that you want to clone

5️⃣ LISTING THE ENVIRONMENTS

basically you can view the number of existing environments that are in your PC by typing the following code:

conda env list

           (OR)

conda info --envs

6️⃣ SHARING THE ENVIRONMENTS

You can share your environments with your friends or Team mates by typing the following code:

conda env export > environment.yml

Share the environment.yml file with the person whom who wanted to share.

7️⃣ INSTALLING THE SHARED ENVIRONMENTS

You can Install the shared environments from your friends or Team mates by typing the following code:

conda env create -f environment.yml

8️⃣ REMOVING / DELETING THE ENVIRONMENTS

You can remove or delete the environment by typing the following code:

conda remove --name myenv --all

9️⃣ RESTORING ENVIRONMENTS

The good thing about Conda is, it keeps all the history of the changes that you make so you can easily roll back if you wanted the previous version of it.
You can restore the deleted environments by using the following code:

conda list --revisions

Then make a note of that REVNUM

conda install --revision=REVNUM

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conda install --rev REVNUM

🔟 USING PIP COMMAND IN ENVIRONMENTS

This is not a necessary command we don't use it all the time to install the packages or etc., but knowing about pip is definitely important.

conda install -n myenv pip
conda activate myenv
pip install streamlit

This sums up the basic things about Anaconda, Its installation and Environments. How ever you can refer to the official website of Anaconda and check its documentation if you want to dive deeply into it or to know more about it.

🌐 Anaconda Official Site: https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/tasks/manage-environments.html#

➡ There is a video about the the same in a youtube channel Data Professor. He explained neatly within the code editor lively. I highly recommend you to watch the video if you want to have visual explanation about the basic things about the Conda

🎥 Data Professor Youtube Channel @data PROFESSOR: https://youtu.be/sDCtY9Z1bqE

Author:

K. SAI GOUTHAM

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Python Beginner Level Project Series |Episode - 1|

SAI GOUTHAM — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 20:03:08 +0000

Hii! I am Goutham. I am starting a Beginner Level Projects Series in Python.
🎯The Main Goal of this series is to make Beginner Level Projects in python that any beginner can do.
❇️So This is Going to be a very long Series.
💥Follow me and Lets Learn Together.

Welcome To The First Episode

EPISODE 1 - YOUTUBE CHANNEL NAME GENERATOR

Description: This project suggests some suffixes that can be added at the end of your channel name. Using this project you can generate a channel name for your YouTube or any other channel.
📝Project - 01
🎓Skill-Level: Beginner
🎨Language-Python

💡You can run the project by clicking down the link below 👇
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Get The Code Here
Feel free to download and edit the code💨
See the project in more detail at my GitHub
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See You on the Next Episode: Episode-2
K. SAI GOUTHAM - Thank you 👋🏻