Will McGinnis
McGinnis, Will
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Recent Writing
Featured Series
A Guide to Venture Capital Deals
A comprehensive guide to how VC deals actually work, covering deal terms, valuations, financing structures, market data, …
The Startup Leadership Guide
A comprehensive guide to startup leadership, drawing from years of experience and insights in organizational design, …
A Guide to the McGinnises
The story of the McGinnis family from 1700 to present - an Irish family's journey from Ulster to North Carolina to …
Guide: Developing High-Quality Python Libraries
A comprehensive guide covering the essential aspects of creating robust, maintainable, and user-friendly Python …
Projects
Category Encoders
A scikit-learn-contrib library providing encoders for categorical variables in machine learning …
Elote
A Python library implementing various rating and ranking algorithms including Elo, Glicko, and more.
Writing Tools MCP
A Model Context Protocol server providing text analysis tools to help improve writing quality.
Git Pandas
A Python library that wraps GitPython to produce pandas dataframes for Git repository analysis.
Keeks
A Python library for optimal bankroll management using the Kelly Criterion and related strategies.
PyGeoHash
A Python library for working with geohashes, providing encoding, decoding, and distance …