📅 2024-04-14 — Session: Refactored and enhanced API retraining endpoint

🕒 18:00–18:20
🏷️ Labels: API, Retraining, Logging, Python, Machine Learning
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The session aimed to improve the /api/retrain endpoint by enhancing its structure, maintainability, and debuggability.

Key Activities

  • Refactoring: Analyzed and suggested improvements for the /api/retrain endpoint to enhance clarity and maintainability by structuring the code into functions and improving documentation and error handling.
  • File Management: Planned a cleanup strategy for file management using scheduled scripts or integrated cleanup functions.
  • Pipeline Integration: Discussed the integration of a model and its preprocessor into a single pipeline for consistency and simplicity, including a code example for modifying the retraining endpoint.
  • Code Inlining: Reflected on the practice of inlining code within a single function for the API retraining endpoint, weighing the pros and cons.
  • Logging Implementation: Implemented detailed logging in the API endpoint using print statements to enhance transparency and debugging.

Achievements

  • Completed the refactoring and enhancement of the API retraining endpoint with improved code structure and logging.

Pending Tasks

  • Implement the planned file management cleanup strategy.