I was writing a lambda function which, among other things, was supposed to read a csv file from S3, perform some validation on every row, then use boto3 to perform an S3 multipart upload. I created a wrapper class around the multipart upload functionality... (more…)

The following is an account of my own experience with Python. Because that experience has been so positive, it is an unabashed attempt to promote the use of Python for general scientific research and development. About four years ago, I dropped MATLAB i... (more…)

Your server is running just fine, handling requests and sending responses. But then, ever so slowly, memory usage creeps up, and up, and up–until eventually your process runs out of memory and crashes. And then it restarts, and the leaking starts all over... (more…)

The cover image is based on Jupiter family by NASA/JPL. (more…)

Answer (1 of 1155): The most important question to answer first is why do I want to learn python? Answering this will guide what you use to learn and how you learn. (more…)