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…)

The “with” statement in Python is regarded as an obscure feature by some. But when you peek behind the scenes of the underlying Context Manager protocol you’ll see there’s little “magic” involved. (more…)

Custom sequence that perfectly mirrors how the builtin list deals with slices - Honno/py-slicing-reference... (more…)

Courier is the smartest way to design and deliver notifications. Design once, and deliver to any channel – email, Slack, SMS, push, and more – through one API. (more…)

This one is extremely common to see, either due to developer laziness, or misunderstanding. A generic catch-all means that all python exceptions will be caught, not just those that inherit from… (more…)