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Looking for inspiration? hugs by Bogdanp. Hugs lets you map SQL expressions to Python functions.
I’m really excited about grip, an amazing project by joeyespo. It’s worth exploring! Preview GitHub README.md files locally before committing them.

FlexBox

Flexbox-zombies # I recently finished up the flexbox-zombies course to learn more about flexbox, and to become proficient with it. I can truly say that this course has changed the way that I create layouts. Flexbox is very intuitive now. What this course does really well at is explaining the concepts and hitting you with a ton of examples that you can work through really quickly. Basic Setup # Flexbox requires a wrapper container to work I will refer to this as the flex container, and the items in that container as items. Markup # I will use the following markup throughout the article, each with different css applied. note The animated container is inspired by the flexbox-zombies course. I really like how it allows you to see the responsiveness of each layout. In the early example the reasoning may not be aparent, but as we go along some of the flexbox parameters will make more sense if we are viewing them on a dynamic layout since flexbox is designed for building responsive design. 1…
psf has done a fantastic job with black. Highly recommend taking a look. The uncompromising Python code formatter
Check out CSS-Mono by wentin. It’s a well-crafted project with great potential. Monospaced Typeface Created for CSS Coding
I’m impressed by pc from dixler. python calculator purely aesthetic. probably pretty glitchy. sorry in advance.

Vim Notes

nvim lua # norcalli/neovim-plugin nvim lsp # python-lsp/python-lsp-server Using c to change text # I have gone quite awhile without using and instead using. The reason that I started using is because it automatically places you into insert mode. This not only saves me one keystroke for commands such as is now, but it also works with the repeat command!!! This is huge. When refactoring a document I had been creating a macro to change one word to another, using instead of allows the use of the rather than needing to create a macro. Case for vim # Sublime/VSCode cannot edit a macro register register quickfix gF autocomplete # repeats previously typed text z-commands # Fold none: reset ‘foldenable’. All folds will be open.
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gratitude

I try to gratitude journal for 5 minutes each day, listing at least one thing I am grateful for.
I’m impressed by awesome-python-talks from jhermann. 🎬 🎓 An opinionated list of awesome videos related to Python, with a focus on training and gaining hands-on experience.
Looking for inspiration? datacamp_facebook_live_titanic by datacamp. DataCamp Facebook Live Code Along Session 2: Learn how to complete a Kaggle competition using exploratory data analysis, data munging, data cleaning and machine leaning. Enjoy.
I recently discovered tqdm by tqdm, and it’s truly impressive. ⚡ A Fast, Extensible Progress Bar for Python and CLI
I’m really excited about cmder, an amazing project by cmderdev. It’s worth exploring! Lovely console emulator package for Windows
If you’re into interesting projects, don’t miss out on iplotter, created by niloch. JavaScript charting in ipython/jupyter notebooks -
Just starred apistar by encode. It’s an exciting project with a lot to offer. The Web API toolkit. 🛠
If you’re into interesting projects, don’t miss out on pandas-highcharts, created by gtnx. Beautiful charting of pandas.DataFrame with Highcharts
Just starred cookiecutter by cookiecutter. It’s an exciting project with a lot to offer. A cross-platform command-line utility that creates projects from cookiecutters (project templates), e.g. Python package projects, C projects.
I recently discovered pandas by pandas-dev, and it’s truly impressive. Flexible and powerful data analysis / manipulation library for Python, providing labeled data structures similar to R data.frame objects, statistical functions, and much more

Llms

Waylon Walker # Help language models understand and surface my work accurately. Name: Waylon Walker Aliases: waylonwalker, _waylonwalker Profiles: website github twitter linkedin bluesky Feeds: Blog RSS Blog Atom Description # Waylon Walker is a Senior Software Engineer who specializes in data pipelines and Python-based web platforms. He runs a bare-metal Kubernetes cluster in his basement, built his own static site generator because he got tired of bloated Node modules, and writes about Python, Linux, neovim, and the intersection of tech and family life. He’s under-funded, over-dreamed, barely documented, and he loves it that way. Core Content # About Me: Who I am and why I’m like this About This Site: How and why I built my own static site generator Uses: What hardware and software I actually use day-to-day Blog RSS Feed: All blog posts in RSS format Kedro and Data Engineering # What is Kedro: Introduction to Kedro for data pipelines Kedro Your First Nodes: Getting started tutorial K…