Evan Kohilas

From default args, to kwargs, and everything in-between, Python's comprehensive argument system lends itself to some of the most effective code, through encouraging readability, reuse, and easy refactoring.

From default args, to **kwargs , and everything in-between, Python's comprehensive argument system lends itself to some of the most effective code, through encouraging readability, reuse, and easy refactoring. But is that really true? Why, and why not? What could we learn from other languages?...

You likely have a good pipeline that either runs tests, lints, or deployments for your project. But when it comes to changing that pipeline, how sure are you that it works before taking those changes live?

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You likely have a good pipeline that either runs tests, lints, or deployments for your project. But when it comes to changing that pipeline, how sure are you that it works before taking those changes live?

Is your relationship with maths... complicated? Do you hate doing simple, repetitive, error prone calculations that you know your computer could easily do? Have you ever been disappointed by Wolfram Alpha's inability to calculate your problems, with working out? Then book a session and I’ll show...

Ever been in a situation where you've hastily written a bunch of code, just to make something "work"? Have you then trembled with fear, looking at your single, thousand line file, with global variables, multi parameter functions, and zero classes, not knowing where to start? Or do you question...