Is it possible to build a personal media server that is hosted in the cloud, while making privacy, security, and accessibility paramount?I wanted to find out, and this post will dive into the options available to achieve such a possibly as well. (Spoiler: I did end...
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Stop using plus signs to concatenate strings!
In Python, using plus signs to concatenate strings together is one of the first things you learn, i.e. print(“hello” + “world!”), and it should be one of the first things you stop using. Using plus signs to “add” strings together is inherently more error prone, messier...
Continue reading...Truffle: going from ganache to testnet (ropsten)
Truffle is an amazing suite of tools created by Consensys to develop smart contracts for the Ethereum blockchain network. However, it can be a bit jarring to make the leap from local development to the real test network, ropsten. Required Setup For this walk through, I...
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Dealing with communications across programs, processes or even threads can be a real pain in the patella. Each situation usually calls for something slightly different and has to work with a limited set of options. On top of that, a lot of tutorials I see are people...
Continue reading...ThreadPools explained – In the deep end
Thread and Multiprocessing Pools are an underused feature of Python. In my opinion, they are the easiest way to dip your feet into concurrency, and yet still the method I use most often. They allow you to easily offload CPU or I/O bound tasks to a...
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