Welcome to Pytest-BDD’s documentation! — Pytest-BDD 7.3.0 documentation
A BDD plugin for use with pytest.
TypeStrong/ts-node: TypeScript execution and REPL for node.js
Useful-looking tool that makes TypeScript usable on the command line, amongst other things.
Hofstadter on Lisp: Atoms and Lists, re-printed in Metamagical Themas.
Well-known person writes about well-known programming language. Actually a good read from a historical perspective.
jank programming language - Clojure/LLVM/C++
A project to create a native code compiler for Clojure.
Perlisisms - "Epigrams in Programming" by Alan J. Perlis
It’s fascinating to see how many of these have no connection to programming today, but also how many do.
Code review antipatterns
While most of the article is written as a joke, I've seen some of these "dark side" approaches for code reviews done by actual people who don't seem to want to use code review to lift everyone.
Saving this so I can relive the trauma.
The comedy and tragedy of detailed feedback
Good opinion piece about code reviews in different environments, contrasting FOSS and corporate styles and impact. I think there’s some good, if obvious, advice in here.
giscus
A widget for blogs and similar that uses GitHub discussions as a comments section. Might be a good idea for my own blog.
How Instagram scaled to 14 million users with only 3 engineers
Instagram scaled from 0 to 14 million users in just over a year, from October 2010 to December 2011. They did this with only 3 engineers.
They did this by following 3 key principles and having a reliable tech stack.
The secret inside One Million Checkboxes
A pretty wholesome story of some "hacking"; hacking in the correct and best sense of the word.
Programming, Motherfucker - Do you speak it?
An anti-agile manifesto, pretty much.
LaunchFlow - Docs
Another IfC solution; native to Python.
A Complete Guide To Behavior-Driven Testing With Pytest BDD
A comprehensive guide to getting started with BDD testing with pytest.
How to win at CORS
A comprehensive introduction to CORS.
Remove the "Authority" from Packaging - Packaging - Discussions on Python.org
Turns out the A in PyPA, meaning "authority", was originally intended as a joke. TIL.
Rye and uv: August is Harvest Season for Python Packaging
Blog post about the state of Python packaging in 2024, with a particular emphasis on how uv is going (and in part rye too).
Becoming Productive in Haskell
Python Magic (AKA Dunder, Special) Methods
List of Python dunder methods.
2bit file format
Details of the format of 2bit files
Dependencies and Git branches
Handy post about switching dependencies when switching branches with git.
HTML head tags
Good list of tags that can go in the header section of a web page.
Remi - Python GUI library
Python library for developing GUI applications
Rust programming language
Write yourself a git
Learn how git works, by writing a git.
CSS selectors cheatsheet
Good cheatsheet of CSS selectors.
Lab41/squiggle: 📈 DNA Sequence Visualization for Humans
Interesting DNA sequence visualisation library.
How to Create Custom Django Management Commands
Good background to making management commands for Django applications, includes information on how you add your own arguments.
Pinboard API (v1) Documentation
API documentation for Pinboard. Given that there appears to be no good Emacs client available, I think I'm going to have to crack and make one at some point.
Energy Efficiency across Programming Languages
Fortran - Wikibooks, open books for an open world
Online book that contains a good introduction to Fortran.