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The first game I remember coding, or at least copying from a magazine, was in Basic. It was Lunar Lander. Learning to code a game is a way that a lot of people get started and excited about programming. Of ...
The `match`/`case` syntax that got introduced to Python in 3.10 looks like basic `switch` statement which we all know from other languages - in Python however - it's much more than just an alternative `if` syntax. So, let's explore advanced ...
Introduction Gone are the days of writing Ajax requests with javascript, just add a few parameters to the HTML content tags and you will be ready for sending re
One of my (slowly evaporating) reasons why I like putting packaging metadata into an executable setup.py is the ability to have optional dependencies that are combinations of others. As of pip 21.2, this is possible without running code.
Introduction We have looked at the defer keyword in golang in the part of the series, in this section, we will understand how we can use anonymous functions in
With every Python release, there are new modules being added and new and better ways of doing things get introduced. We all get used to using the good old Python libraries, but it's time say goodbye to `os.path`, `random`, `pytz`, ...
Introduction We have seen how to deploy a Django application on railway app in the of the . We deployed the django project using the Heroku Buildpacks under the
We spend 1/3rd of our life sleeping. But why do we sleep? We don't live in a sleep loss epidemic?
A new role at an AI research lab working on tools for open-ended reasoning
Introduction It has been a while since I have written a Vim article. Finally, I got some ideas after configuring my Neovim setup for Lua. I recently migrated to
Scaling application on Kubernetes using _Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA)_ based on their CPU or memory usage is pretty simple. There are however many more features of HPA that you can use to customize scaling behaviour of your applications using external/custom ...
Having a personal site is a great playground for learning tons of skills. Brian Wisti discusses the benefits of running a his own blog over the years.Links:Random GeekeryJamstackEleventyNetlifyPlausible AnalyticspytestBeautiful Souppyinvoke - Invoke!rsyncInternet Archive : archive.orgRichStatamicjamstack.orgA static site generator should be ...
Introduction In this part of the series, we will be taking a look at the keyword in golang. The defer keyword is used for delaying the function call in a partic
Introduction In the 15th post of the Series, we will be looking into the details of the String manipulation and performing types of operations in Golang. We wil
PyPy is a fast, compliant alternative implementation of Python. cPython is implemented in C. PyPy is implemented in Python. What does that mean? And how do you test something as huge as an alternative implementation of Python?Special Guest: Carl Friedrich ...
A common issue when writing tests for real-world software is how to deal with third-party dependencies. Let’s examine an old, but counter-intuitive principle.
Introduction In this 14th Post of the 100 days of GOlang, we will be understanding about the mutable and immutable data types in Golang. Firstly, we will unders
As files, datasets and configurations grow, it gets increasingly difficult to navigate them. There are however many tools out there, that can help you to be more productive when dealing with large JSON and YAML files, complicated regular expressions, confusing ...
In Python, before dataclasses, we had attrs. Before attrs, it wasn't pretty.The story of attrs and dataclasses is actually intertwined. They've built on each other. And in the middle of it all, Hynek.Hynek joins the show today to discuss some ...
We've all been there - it's frustrating seeing deletion of Kubernetes resource getting stuck, hang or take a very long time. You might have _"solved"_ this using the terrible advice of removing finalizers or running `kubectl delete ... --force --grace-period=0` ...
Introduction We have already seen the process of deployment of a Django app on Heroku, now we can move to another platform which is . This allows a faster and m
In this article we take look at how you can leverage Kubernetes Python Client library to automate whatever annoying Kubernetes task you might be dealing with, whether it's creating/patching resources, watching events, accessing containers or anything else.
Will McGugan has brought a lot of color to CLIs within Python due to Rich. Then Textual started rethinking full command line applications, including layout with CSS. And now Textualize, a new startup, is bringing CLI apps to the web.Links:richrich-clitextualTextualize.ioRich ...
Monitoring is usually at the end of a checklist when building an application, yet it's crucial for making sure that it's running smoothly and that any problems are found and resolved quickly. Building complete monitoring - including aggregated logging, metrics, ...
… actually you can use only 2, but this will make your life a little more miserable. Contents Introduction The code The memory layout map vars shape The game loop The function that moves the snake: The function that displays ...
With the recent events relating to _Google Analytics_ platform, it's becoming very clear that the time has come for many of us to migrate from Google Analytics to different platforms. In this article we will go over both the _"Why?"_, ...
Contents Introduction The code Running the sample blog Adding a new blog post to the sample blog How everything works The model and a neat pre-processor trick The server Conclusions Discussion Introduction Recently, while browsing lobste.rs, I had the chance ...
Formatted string literals - also called _f-strings_ - have been around since Python 3.6, so we all know what they are and how to use them. There are however some facts and handy features of f-string that you might not ...
The current article won’t be an exhaustive technical analysis of Gradle but more like a spontaneous rant. Firstly, the time I am willing to allocate to learning a build tool will always be strictly limited. Secondly, I try to be ...
Every project can benefit from a robust continuous integration pipeline that builds your application, runs tests, lints code, verifies code quality, runs vulnerability analysis and more. However, building such pipeline takes a significant amount of time, which doesn't really provide ...
This article explains a straightforward approach for generating Perfect Hash Functions, and using them in tandem with a Map implementation called ReadOnlyMap. It assumes the reader is already familiar with concepts like hash functions and hash tables. If you want ...
This article assumes the reader is already familiar with the C programming language and some basic concepts concerning hash functions. The target audience (as is often the case on my blog) is undergrad CS students or seasoned developers who, just ...
When it comes to performance optimization, people usually focus only on speed and CPU usage. Rarely is anyone concerned with memory consumption, well, until they run out of RAM. There are many reasons to try to limit memory usage, not ...
Before any new feature, change or improvement makes it into Python, there needs to be a _Python Enhancement Proposal_, also knows as PEP, outlining the proposed change. These PEPs are a great way of getting the freshest info about what ...
We all spend a good chuck of our time debugging, sifting through logs or reading tracebacks. Each of these can be difficult and time-consuming and in this article we will focus on making the last one - dealing with tracebacks ...
If you're using GitHub as your version control system of choice then GitHub Apps can be incredibly useful for many tasks including building CI/CD, managing repositories, querying statistical data and much more. In this article we will walk through the ...
