Python has two operators for equality comparisons, “is” and “==” (equals). In this article I’m going to teach you the difference between the two and when to use each with a few simple examples.

Probably like many people, I've been hearing for years now that January of 2020 was the end of life for Python 2, specifically January 1st. As a result, I was rather surprised to hear that there will be another release of Python 2 in April, although I cou... (more…)

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I have long noted issues with Python 3’s bytes/str separation, which is designed to have a type “bytes” that is a simple list of 8-bit characters, and “str” which is a… (more…)

Dolt is to DoltHub as Git is to GitHub - except with Dolt, the unit of versioning is SQL tables. Dolt also has Git-like semantics such as… (more…)