Since threads in Python share the memory space of their parent process, we might need to define thread-specific variables for specific use cases to avoid unintended side effects. In this article, ...

In Python, the sort method and the sorted callable are commonly used for sorting operations. sort is a list method which modifies the list in-place, whereas sorted takes an iterable as its first a...

The partition method of str covers a niche use case - It is useful when a string needs to be split into exactly two parts based on a separator. It returns a three-membered tuple containing the part...

TIL - “Today I learned” series of Posts are short notes of new things I encounter with Python. While browsing the source of SQLAlchemy, I came across a custom list class The custom class is c...

This is my account of meeting Guido Van Rossum and his advice on becoming a Python Core Developer. This interaction is a few months old and happened during Pycascades in Vancouver (18-19 March 2...

Thread Safety in Python Before getting started with Thread safety, let’s look into race conditions. Race Conditions From Wikipedia: A race condition or race hazard is the condition of an elec...

Building a Python REPL Themed Portfolio Website Launched the initial version of my Python REPL-themed portfolio website (with an ASCII art photo gallery) 🚀. Home Page Website: adarshd.dev or ad...

You must have heard the saying that “In Python everything is an object”. Let’s take that statement literally and test it. Let’s check: The code in the below examples works as-is. No additional...