This year marks the 40th anniversary of Monty Python and the Holy Grail and as the group has always been upfront about shamelessly milking their fans for cash, there’s a new version of the Blu-Ray out, and a new print touring the world. (more…)

The situation with string formatting is complicated. (more…)

We usually care about keeping our terminal tools up to date. pip however doesn't provide an easy way to upgrade CLI packages. Here's a workaround. (more…)

I just got home from my sixth PyCon, and it was wonderful as usual. If you weren't able to attend—or even if you were—you'll find a wealth of entertaining and informative talks on the PyCon 2017 YouTube channel. (more…)

In Go, a common complaint from newly-minted gophers who come from another language is the error handling pattern: A key principle of programming that we all learn is Don’t Repeat Yourself (DRY). In a… (more…)