Fish shell support · Issue #32 · pyenv/pyenv
Issue regarding adding Fish support to pyenv. A very old issue now, but useful in that it details how to configure your shell and why you do it the way you do.
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How can I use Django permissions without defining a content type or model? - Stack Overflow
Nice answer to the question: how do I make a permission that I can assign to users and groups, in Django, without needing to create a model in the database.
MySQL and storing emoji: proper utf8mb4 with Django | exana.io
The MySQL unicode issue as seen from a Django point of view.
python - PyLint "Unable to import" error - how to set PYTHONPATH? - Stack Overflow
Very handy solution to the problem of making a project you're working on available to its own tests. While this tends not to be an issue for linting from the command line (I use a Makefile and sort the PYTHONPATH when doing the linting), but from within Emacs with flycheck it can be more awkward.
The Incredible Disaster of Python 3 | The Changelog
The Fundamental Problem in Python 3 | The Changelog
Advanced usage of Python requests - timeouts, retries, hooks
Great article that discusses some useful advanced uses of requests.
Things you're probably not using in Python 3 - but should
Handy little post that details some of the real headline changes that have taken place in "recent" generations of Python 3. I'm happy to say that I make use of a good few of these already.
Conventions for Command Line Options
Excellent blog post about the conventions normally used for CLI options; and also why Python's argument parser gets it wrong.
Contribution Graphs for Django | VanessaSaurus
Library for Django that provides a GitHub-a-like contribution graph.
Configuring Emacs, lsp-mode and the python language server. - vxlabs
Blog post that explains how to get lsp for Python going with Emacs -- especially useful in this case as it relates to virtual environments, pipenv, and also projectile; all things that I make use of for major Python development.
"Director of AI at Tesla" apparently doesn't VC or backup
So the "Director of AI at Tesla" appears to be in the habit of not committing code for at least 2 months at a time, and doesn't do backups... O_o
pycodestyle
Another linter of sorts for Python, with an emphasis on code style as defined in PEP 8. I tend to use pylint for linting but this seems to be in favour when using lsp-mode in Emacs.
Solving the Sequence Alignment problem in Python
Sequence alignment code, in Python, with a good explanation of the problem and the solution.
Python behind the scenes #1: how the CPython VM works
This article opens a series which seeks to answer this very question. We'll dive into the internals of CPython, Python's most popular implementation. By doing so we'll understand the language itself at a deeper level. That is the primary goal of this series. If you're familiar with Python and comfortable reading C but have no much experience working with CPython's source code, there is a good chance you'll find this writing interesting.
How to Deduplicate String Objects In-Memory in Python
Handy approach to processing strings in Python that, in some situations, should save time and memory.
How the Python import system works
Everything you could ever want to know about imports in Python. And then a shitton more.
How to create a Python package in 2022 | Mathspp
Musings on Python Type Hints
As a huge fan of type hinting in Python, I feel this is a good article introducing the sorts of things you should think about, and the benefits you should derive from using type hints.
Build Your Python Project Documentation With MkDocs – Real Python
HOWTO on getting going with MkDocs and Python ode.
Example Google Style Python Docstrings — napoleon 0.7 documentation
Useful samples for writing Google style docstrings in Python.
The announcement of the Textual CSS branch on HN
The Orange hate site’s reaction to the announcement of the release of the CSS branch of Textual.
New version of Textual adds CSS support
Announcement of Textual 0.2.0 on reddit.
Phylum Discovers Dozens More PyPI Packages Attempting to Deliver W4SP Stealer in Ongoing Supply-Chain Attack
"Last week, our automated risk detection platform alerted us to some suspicious activity in dozens of newly published PyPI packages. It appears that these packages are a more sophisticated attempt to deliver the W4SP Stealer on to Python developer’s machines by hiding a malicious import . Join us here on the Phylum research team as we investigate these new and shifting tactics the attacker is using to deploy W4SP stealer in this supply-chain attack."
Should You Use Upper Bound Version Constraints?
I don't agree with much of this, but I recognise it's a valid position. To quote from the TL;DR at the end:
"Capping dependencies has long term negative effects, especially for libraries, and should never be taken lightly. A library is not installed in isolation; it has to live with other libraries in a shared environment. Only add a cap if a dependency is known to be incompatible or there is a high (>75%) chance of it being incompatible in its next release. Do not cap by default - capping dependencies makes your software incompatible with other libraries that also have strict lower limits on dependencies, and limits future fixes. Anyone can fix a missing cap, but users cannot fix an over restrictive cap causing solver errors. It also encourages hiding issues until they become harder to fix, it does not scale to larger systems, it limits your ability to access security and bugfix updates, and some tools (Poetry) force these bad decisions on your downstream users if you make them. Never cap Python, it is fundamentally broken at the moment. Also, even packing capping has negative consequences that can produce unexpected solves."
Virtual Environments with Eglot, Tramp, and Pyright · robbmann
Blog post talking about getting eglot and pyright working together nicely.
PyPi - API reference - Warehouse documentation
PyPi API reference.
What Are Python Wheels and Why Should You Care? – Real Python
Pretty comprehensive article covering the concept of Python "wheels".
A year of building for the terminal on Hacker News
Textualize devlog blog post on Hacker News; of course with the usual collection of very Hacker News replies along the way.
Trimmed down python setup for Emacs. This is a basic `init.el` file for Python, you can pick the bits you like.
Handy cut-down config for Emacs and Python, showing examples of comapny and eglot (or optionally lsp-mode) along the way.