S.Lott -- Software Architect

I've published a framework for doing SQL-like programming in Pure Python -- no database required.

I've published a framework for making tools to leverage formal schema definitions to synthesize bulk data for performance tuning.

Book?

My sailing blog, Team Red Cruising is very large: 859 postings over the last few years. 2,334 image files.

Consider, for a moment, the shelve and dbm packages for storing things in a “database.”

I saw a confusing post on https://fosstodon.org.

First, read this: Hazards And Safeguards for Software Rewrites.

There are many good reasons to use shell scripts.

I wasted three days because I refused to get a grip on how matplotlib really works.

I'm sick of reading about THE Ternary Operator.

Stand-alone document files for tech writing are awful.

This is a disheartening thing to read As someone who doesn't do a ton of JSON parsing on the command line, I tend to forget jq syntax.

See Python 3.12: what didn't make the headlines.

A "Dice Mechanic"?

Want a book with dozens of project ideas?

This is a great question. https://fosstodon.org/@JustineSmithies/110979871574705636 This works, they said. echo -en "Firefox\0icon\x1fweechat" | fuzzel -d -w 100 -l 10 But.

Stuff I found on the internet that I have to disagree with.

See https://writing.peercy.net/p/python-quirks Superficially, most of these are true.

I want to call out two huge problems with Python.

See https://github.com/slott56/py-web-tool And https://pypi.org/project/py-web-lp/ I finally made the PyWeb LP tool installable from PyPI.

The typing module includes the mysterious-looking Annotated type hint.

This was a surprising thing (for me) to see.

Central to OO design is "encapsulation."

Let's reach way, way back. 1989 - 1990.

The question was "Favorite Design Patterns."

Few things are as distracting as those god-awful side quests.

Reaching back to 2008.

See Programming Languages I've Learned (more-or-less in order) [Update].

The (almost) 10-year old 27" Thunderbolt display finally died.

I'm undecided if this goes into the next book.

For social contact, I'm generally following people on https://fosstodon.org/home.

Packt Publishing See https://www.packtpub.com/product/functional-python-programming-third-edition/9781803232577 Much newness here.

BLUF Behave fixtures totally rock for testing complex applications.

As noted in Finished Moving: Lessons Learned link rot is real.

Moved everything from blogger.com to "here" (https://slott56.github.io).

Check out DZone's Coding zone: https://dzone.com/coding.

Apple Books Pivot to Python A Guide for professionals and skilled beginners https://books.apple.com/us/book/pivot-to-python/id1586977675 I've recently updated this to fix some cosmetic problems with title pages, the table of contents and stuff like that.

Some background: FAERIE DUST™, Obstinate Idiocy, Obstinate Idiocy, Expanded, and even Permutations, Combinations and Frustrations.

Real Question (somewhat abbreviated): "My algorithm performs badly, do I need asyncio?"

When I talk about functional programming in Python, folks like to look for place where functional programming isn't appropriate.

The issue of permutations and combinations is sometimes funny.

See Obstinate Idiocy for some background.

Here's how to recognize a Faerie Dust request: We have identified a problem.

This isn't about details of pySpark.

I got this the other day: "there seems to be a lot of buzz out in the general public regarding software bugs".

See https://towardsdatascience.com/building-generator-pipelines-in-python-8931535792ff I'm delighted by this article.

I've been trying to help some folks who have a "search" algorithm that's slow.

This is bonus content for the forthcoming Functional Python Programming 3rd edition book.

I started with the Apple Books platform because it's an easy default for me.

In the long run, I think there's a small book here.