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When you feel right at home in Python setup programming, the language becomes much more enjoyable and fun. ...

PEP 498 introduced a new string formatting mechanism known as Literal String Interpolation or more commonly as F-strings (because of the… (more…)

Efficient geo-spatial radius queries on a given dataset are a problem that we’re very regularly facing. Usually we handle the problem by… (more…)

Switching to a new language is always a big step, especially when only one of your team members has prior experience with that language. Early this year, we switched Stream’s primary programming language from Python to Go. This post will explain some of t... (more…)