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Finding out what a python script imports - 2020 April 16
Finding out what a Python module imports
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Pylint false positives with C extensions - 2020 April 14
Pylint can give you false positives for missing-member errors when C extensions are involved, here's why and what you can do to avoid the issue.
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Stringly typed functions - 2020 March 28
An overuse of strings when you could use better types is an antipattern I commonly see when doing code review of distressed systems. This tends to come up more often in older languages that have weaker type systems, but the issue can come up in more modern language also.
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Happy leap day! - 2020 February 29
Happy leap day!
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Different techniques for debugging code - 2019 December 17
An overview of various techniques that you can use for debugging.
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Using the Python markdown library - 2019 August 02
Working with markdown files from Python
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Different ways to drop into an interactive python shell - 2019 July 21
Dropping into an interactive shell can be a useful tool for debugging Python code. Here's a summary of some ways in which you can drop into an interactive shell.
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Forwards compatibility with Python generators - 2019 July 03
PEP 479 changed how Python handled generators in a backwards incompatible manner, here's how to get compatible code working from Python 3.5+
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MDB and vending machines - 2019 June 25
Some notes about the MDB vending protocol (yes that weird 9 bit protocol used in some vending machines)
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Logging uncaught exceptions in Python applications - 2018 February 06
You want to be able to get good logging data from your applications to be able to reduce the amount of time that you require in order to fix issues and debug problems. This is especially important for any unhandled exceptions that crash the program. This tutorial will show you a convenient way of making sure these are logged.
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