Something you might not know - from Python 3.6 onwards, dictionary keys stay in the order they were inserted:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39980323/are-dictionaries-ordered-in-python-3-6
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39980323/are-dictionaries-ordered-in-python-3-6
Stack Overflow
Are dictionaries ordered in Python 3.6+?
Dictionaries are insertion ordered as of Python 3.6. It is described as a CPython implementation detail rather than a language feature. The documentation states:
dict() now uses a “compact”
dict() now uses a “compact”
A series of 5-10 minute peeks into Java internals:
https://shipilev.net/jvm-anatomy-park/
https://shipilev.net/jvm-anatomy-park/
How to force named parameters in Python functions
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2965271/forced-naming-of-parameters-in-python
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2965271/forced-naming-of-parameters-in-python
Stack Overflow
How can we force naming of parameters when calling a function?
In Python you may have a function definition:
def info(obj, spacing=10, collapse=1)
which could be called in any of the following ways:
info(odbchelper)
info(odbchelper, 12) ...
def info(obj, spacing=10, collapse=1)
which could be called in any of the following ways:
info(odbchelper)
info(odbchelper, 12) ...
Python f-strings are cool, but how do they work?
https://hackernoon.com/a-closer-look-at-how-python-f-strings-work-f197736b3bdb
https://hackernoon.com/a-closer-look-at-how-python-f-strings-work-f197736b3bdb
Hackernoon
A Closer Look At How Python f-strings Work | HackerNoon
<a href="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0498/" target="_blank">PEP 498</a> introduced a new string formatting mechanism known as <strong>Literal String Interpolation</strong> or more commonly as <strong>F-strings (because of the leading f character preceding…
An introduction to capabilities (the security ones), a detailed essay aimed at total beginners:
https://habitatchronicles.com/2017/05/what-are-capabilities/
https://habitatchronicles.com/2017/05/what-are-capabilities/
Forwarded from Vivian's dev rants.
Choose your adventure guide on undoing your git fuckup:
https://sethrobertson.github.io/GitFixUm/fixup.html
https://sethrobertson.github.io/GitFixUm/fixup.html
A cat for every status code: https://http.cat
HTTP Status Cats API
HTTP Cats
API for HTTP Cats
Software that has the Quality Without A Name
https://people.gnome.org/~federico/docs/software-with-qwan/html/index.html
https://people.gnome.org/~federico/docs/software-with-qwan/html/index.html
This program is valid in 179 languages - https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/a/155495
Code Golf Stack Exchange
Add a language to a polyglot
This is an answer-chaining challenge in which each answer builds on the previous answer. I recommend sorting the thread by "oldest" in order to be sure about the order in which the posts ...
Understanding the Limitations of HTTPS - https://textslashplain.com/2018/02/14/understanding-the-limitations-of-https/
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Understanding the Limitations of HTTPS
A colleague recently forwarded me an article about the hazards of browsing on public WiFi with the question: “Doesn’t HTTPS fix this?” And the answer is, “Yes, generally.…
cachemonet.com is quite an experience. Better with sound.