I don't -- generally -- think of myself as an edge-of-the-envelope developer. I'm a tried-and-proven kind of engineer. I want stuff that's been around for years, with a long history of changes. Except. Today. Currently, I'm revising Mastering Object-Oriented Python. Second Edition. That means upgrading everything to Python 3.7 with full …

Here's a particularly tangled and difficult problem. It arises because I have another blog. Specifically this: Team Red Cruising. And it's an unholy mess.

There are two important features of the Team Red Cruising blog.

1. It's managed with off-line editor(s) so I can write posts from the boat and …

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We worked through this about a year ago, without the help of this post. Having the article would have saved us some time and effort. You should …

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https://www.nexedi.com/NXD-Blog.Multicore.Python.HTTP.Server This is handy. It makes perfect sense that Python -- with a little help …

Freezing Python’s Dependency Hell in 2018 Excellent advice. Excepot for the "Don't use Anaconda." Yes. It's a big download. Odds are good you'll need most of it. So. Just do it now. The (miniconda + environment.yml) as an entry point is really good. The "rely on people to actually …

This is brilliant. Why is Python so slow? by Anthony Shaw It covers three aspects of the implementation in a respectable level of detail. Helpful information. Bookmark it to help stop pointless bickering with people who don't understand the value of getting something to run right now vs. getting something …

It's time to revise Mastering Object-Oriented Python. While the previous edition is solidly focused on Python3, it lacks some important features:

• F-Strings
• Type Hints
• types.NamedTuple
• Data Classes

So. There's some stuff to add. I don't think there's too much to take away. I plan to make some things a …

Warning. I'm new to this. Yes, my book Functional Python Programming -- 2nd ed -- is full of type hints. But my examples are all (intentionally) relatively simple. There are edge cases that I do not pretend to understand.

Here's a fun one. Start here

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First, read this: 10 common security gotchas in Python and how to avoid them by Anthony Shaw

Of these, most are important, but not specific to Python at all. Only items 3, 4, 7, and 8 are pretty specific to Python. They talk about the assert statement, some timing vulnerabilities …

A common way to save persistent, important data is a spreadsheet. It provides a handy, potentially normalized store that's readily accessible with minimal tooling. It has a UI usable by people with a spectrum of skills.

Sadly.

There's a core conflict:

• The advantages of spreadsheets-as-database are numerous.
• The disadvantage is …