- Copying A Python Function's Signature
A supplement to functools.wraps.
- Review of "JavaScript: The Good Parts" by Douglas Crockford
An obsessive and eccentric book, but well worth reading.
- Syntax Highlighting With PyCharm, Pygments, and Keynote
I'm prepping talks for a few conferences. I think I've got my workflow down for syntax highlighting slides in Keynote on my Mac. 1. "pip install pygments", not in a virtualenv but in your default Python. 2. Make a Bash script [ ... ]
- Mollified About ResourceWarnings
Last month I griped about ResourceWarnings in Python 3, arguing they're a useless irritation in a language that can clean up resources automatically. Python core developer Nick Coghlan responded in the comments and I understand the [ ... ]
- Python's Thread Locals Are Weird
- A Natural Environment
How I love New York City.
- Zen Street Retreat Photos
Some photos from a four-day street retreat I did in September here in New York. Street retreat is an American Zen practice, I believe invented by Bernie Glassman, of spending a short time living and sleeping on the streets. It brings us into [ ... ]
- Review of "Introductory Graph Theory" by Gary Chartrand
If you are a software developer, then from time to time you will have to solve an Interesting Problem in optimization, such as finding the best matches on a dating site, or the right sharding key for a database cluster. As often as not, such [ ... ]
- We're All Gonna Die
Have I mentioned lately that Zen is my favorite religion? Among the best attributes of Zen is its forthright acknowledgement of death. You are going to die. There is some paperwork you should handle beforehand. My temple will offer a [ ... ]
- Patience
