In version 3.4, python shipped with a new module in the standard library, pathlib . At the time of its release, I remember hearing some fanfare around it, but I didn’t quite understand the point of it. I had only recently stopped adding strings together to create paths to the files …

Recently, I had a great interaction with one of my coworkers that I think is worth sharing, with the hope you may learn a bit about refactoring and python.

My colleague came to me to help him think through a problem that surfaced with a change to a project. The …

PyCon US 2019 absolutely blew me away.

And, yeah, I realize it was nearly six months ago. But there have been some things that have been lingering in my thoughts that I need to share.

My second thought is about:

I can’t tell you how amazing …

PyCon US 2019 absolutely blew me away.

And, yeah, I realize it was nearly six months ago. But there have been some things that have been lingering in my thoughts that I need to share.

The first thought is about:

At PyCon US, organizers set aside rooms for …

I recently started listening to the Friday Afternoon Deploy podcast and have been enjoying it.

It’s a weekly podcast where some of the developers at Lofty Labs let off steam on a Friday afternoon by recording a conversation about whatever comes up. They tend to focus on python web development, …

No Plans to Merge is a newer podcast to me. The hosts, Daniel Coulbourne & Caleb Porzio, have a chemistry that is much deeper than their episode count would suggest, as this podcast is the successor to another show that ended a few months ago.

The latest episode, "Your …

Throughout my career, the teams I’ve been on have had a wide range of views on using tests while developing code. As I’ve moved between teams, listened to podcasts, and read articles, I’ve assembled some notes that would have been very useful for me in the past. Some of these …

Part of what I want to do with this site is recommend tools and resources that I’ve found valuable, in the hopes that you might benefit from them and enjoy them as I have.

There has been one program, in particular, that I use most times I’m in a coding …

Though pathlib was introduced in python 3.4 to some praise, I didn’t “get” it. Like many things in python, I needed some time to come around and tinker with it before I realized the power within. I can’t remember when pathlib started “clicking” for me, but I’m sure it was …

At the most recent PyRVA meeting, I had the opportunity to coach an aspiring web developer to start his first local web server and view a website that he created. It was truly a privilege to see his excitement.

In the realm of web development, this is a very basic …