Henri Woodcock

Python Developer at BMLL. 

Expertise: Software engineering

Education: University of Leeds

Henri Woodcock is a Python developer at BMLL. 

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Updated on May 27, 2025

Stop Using NumPy’s Global Random Seed

A NumPy random seed is a numerical value in Python that initializes a random number generator, allowing for reproducible results. Here's why to use np.random.default_rng() instead to set random seeds for individual functions/classes in Python.

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