Jun 01
Swapping Large or Stalled Files with mitmproxy
You’re on a slow network, the JS bundle is 16 MB, and your page won’t finish loading. Or a CDN returns a 504 every third request. You …
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Jun 01
Python Slicing — [start:stop:step] Visualized
"hello"[::2] # → "hlo" What does each position mean? Let’s break it down. The Three Slots sequence[ start : stop : step ] Slot …
Jun 01
Python itertools — Every Function Explained
itertools is Python’s standard library module for building iterator pipelines. Every function returns a lazy iterator — nothing is computed …
Jun 01
Python Dunder Methods — __init__, __str__, __call__ and Friends
Dunder (double-underscore) methods let your objects hook into Python’s built-in operations. They’re what makes len(obj), str(obj), …
Jun 01
Python collections — Every Class and Function Explained
collections is Python’s standard library module with specialized container datatypes beyond the built-in list, dict, set, and tuple. from …
May 31
List Comprehension vs Generator in Python
Two of Python’s most elegant features — list comprehensions and generator expressions. Both build sequences from existing iterables, but they …
May 31
Lightning Fast Android & Gradle Builds
Waiting 3–5 minutes for every Gradle build is a productivity killer. Here’s every optimisation I apply to cut build times down to seconds — not …
May 31
Classic 2D Games — Play in Browser
5 classic arcade games, implemented from scratch in HTML Canvas + JavaScript. No frameworks, no dependencies — just you, the keyboard, and a few …
May 31
Bitwise Shifting — See the Bits Move
Every integer your computer works with — every colour value, every coordinate, every flag — lives as a row of bits (0s and 1s). Bitwise shift …
May 31
@classmethod vs @staticmethod vs Plain Instance Method
Three ways to define a function inside a class. Each serves a different purpose. class Demo: # ── Instance method (no decorator) ── def regular(self, …