The SOLID design principles beat the design boundary issue to death. Here are the principles in my preferred order. (See https://www.linkedin.com/learning/learning-s-o-l-i-d-programming-principles)

1. Interface Segregation -- minimize the boundaries. Do this first.
2. Liskov Substitution -- keep the boundaries consistent. Do this for hierarchies.
3. Open/Closed -- keep the boundaries stable …

https://www.pythonpodcast.com/sqlfluff-sql-linter-episode-318/

See https://slott56.github.io/replacing-a-spreadsheet/. This document is really exciting (to me).

This is still shaky -- I'm still learning -- but it's a very cool combination of Python components sympy and Jupyter Lab. As a bonus, Jupyter{Book} appeals to me as a writer. There's an aspect of literate programing …

Let's talk about profound confusion.

I got an email with a subject of this, "Python's Protocol Reduces Reliance on Duck Typing". The resulting conversation led to this nugget: "... my current project could use protocols in Python, and thus I didn't need to rely on duck typing and instead could use …

I heard about these less than a week ago.

• https://openmarine.net/openplotter
• https://github.com/openplotter/pypilot
• https://signalk.org/installation.html

This is very interesting. Very interesting.

I have a partially complete IoT anchor alarm.

The idea of leveraging the boat's other devices through a Signal-K interface is …

See A 5-Point Framework For Python Performance Management.

It seems straight-forward to me. Have goals. Measure your ability to meet them.

I don't see too many teams doing this, though.

I could be wrong, but, I think performance is left to arguments and complaints, not solid engineering.

I get asked about good books for beginners. Here's an example:

"What Python books do you recommend for novices so they can learn from beginner to advanced?"

For me, this is nearly impossible to answer.

"Beginner" is often undefined. I have to turn this around and ask what you already …

I have to admit, it's very difficult to respond to this comment. I have to fight down the urge to say things like "The Reader is not an idiot," or "At some point, we have to assume they've seen a computer before."

AFAIK there's little or no useful data data …

A pragmatic description of a language (like Python) from axiomatic -- or really axiom-like -- foundations is exasperatingly hard. I don't think I have any answers, but I sure do have a lot of challenges. I think there's a path that involves a lot of "don't look down -- just edge along the …

When I started in this business I was given a flowcharting template.

See https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object-groups/flowcharting-templates. I'm pretty sure I had one of these: https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_690078.

Since then, things have changed a little.

I fondly recall using the Rational Rose …