TLDR If you’re not already using it, there’s a simple, powerful wrapper around Python’s Logging module called log2d that gives you access to all sorts of advanced features using a deceptively simple syntax. It’s literally all you need if you’re in the 80% of Developers who just want to adopt good…

For some time it’s been possible to automate WhatsApp to send from your phone using WhatsApp Web. But the approach has some fairly big limitations for serious users: Your phone and linked PC both need to be powered on. Your phone and linked PC need to be on the same…

Master them in 20 minutes. Use them every day. — I love Python’s list comprehensions and generators. They keep my code concise. They’re great one-liners for exploring and “munging” data. They’re intuitive, and once you know what you’re looking at, very easy to read. Haven’t heard of them? Read on! Think you know all the variations of this popular Python…

Hi everyone — I finally worked out how to save myself a lot of time and stress with an overnight batch job I’ve been running that uses 30+ Python classes (one per target website to be scraped) and I just wanted to share how easy it is to organise your…