Every time you create an instance of a class in Python, you are using up some memory–including overhead that might actually be larger than the data you care about. Create a million objects, and you have a million times the overhead. And that overhead can ... (more…)

A tutorial about writing documentation or even a book using Python and Sphinx, a documentation generator... (more…)

A conversation with the creator of the world’s most popular programming language on removing brain friction for better work. (more…)

We're going to write a clone of Arkanoid (Breakout) using Python and PyGame Zero. In this post, I want to show you how easy it is to write a simple game. Let's get started! All the code is available here: https://github.com/shantnu/arkanoid-clone The imag... (more…)

The goal of a developer retreat is to stop what you are doing for awhile and explore something new. This usually requires a shift in mindset, and the biggest shift is to suspend the focus around productivity and urgency. It’s important to give up the idea... (more…)