Reuse the work of others for profit! (Vega 64 Edition)

As I sit here, anxious for the new AMD Vega 64 to be released, I decide to keep myself busy writing some Python code….designed to text me as soon as a new “rx vega 64” search term showed up on Amazon (I have the patience of...

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Is it easier to ask for forgiveness in Python?

Yes, we are looking for graphic artists

Is Python more suited for EAFP or LBYL  coding styles? It has been debated across message boards, email chains, stackoverflow, twitter and workplaces. It’s not as heated as some other battles; like how spaces are better than tabs, or that nano is indisputably the best terminal...

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First steps into GUI design with Kivy

Boring Background I have always had in interest in making a local photo organization tool, that supports albums and tagging the way I want to do it. Maybe down the line allowing others to connect and use it too. So I started on one a few...

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Python Box 3 – The reddit release

Box has surpassed my expectations in popularity, even appearing in the Python Weekly newsletter and on Python Bytes podcast. I am very grateful for everyone that uses it and hope that you find it to be another great tool in your Python tool-belt! Also a huge shot...

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Python Decorators

Often times in python there comes a need to have multiple functions act in a similar manner. It could be anything from making sure that similar functions output the right type of result, they all log when they are called or all report exceptions in the...

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