The Python HTTP library requests is probably my favourite HTTP utility in all the languages I program in. It's simple, intuitive and ubiquitous in the Python community. Most of the programs that interface with HTTP use either requests or urllib3 from the ... (more…)

How a Python function relates to a two thousand year old debate in philosophy... (more…)

He kind of needs to be. He’s the co-founder of Monty Python, the comedy troupe behind Monty Python and the Holy Grail — one of the greatest comedy films of all time. The group’s impact on comedy was… (more…)

Well-designed PostgreSQL queries can replace many lines of Python code, enabling faster, more efficient development. (more…)

This article discusses useful python tools for linking record sets and fuzzy matching on text fields. These concepts can also be used to deduplicate data. (more…)