Not so long ago I was doing some research in analytic number theory. It was merely for my own sake at home in the evening. It was just a hobby project to satisfy my curiosity. At some point, I was… (more…)

A common question: “Is Python interpreted or compiled?” Usually, the asker has a simple model of the world in mind, and as is typical, the world is more complicated. (more…)

Create a Python car hacking device to track GPS and CAN bus data remotely from a cloud service. Read and send CAN messages from OBDII port. (more…)

One of the special things about software engineering as a profession is the possibility of ars-poetic work: part of our work is building tools that target our own work; perhaps a few surgeons around the globe can design and meld their own scalpel, but for... (more…)

There have been a few recent articles reflecting on the current status of the Python packaging ecosystem from an end user perspective, so it seems worthwhile for me to write-up my perspective as one of the lead architects for that ecosystem on how I chara... (more…)