I was asked (again) today to explain why integer division in Python returns the floor of the result instead of truncating towards zero like... (more…)

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Do you need a web framework? If you need to draw a graph, you can return JSON and draw on the client with JavaScript, an approach known as JAMStack. If the graph is static, you can return a PNG image. Which web framework is right for me? I have used every... (more…)

Learn how to connect storage to your functions with Python3 and MongoDB. (more…)

Basically. I don’t hate Python type annotations, per se — there is nothing wrong with thing: int = 0 in my eyes. But those same eyes do… (more…)