Dipping your toes into binary numbers
An easy introduction to binary numbers, which will lead to a follow-up article on bit manipulation in Python.
Code + Product
Primer to Python multiprocessing, multithreading, and asyncio
Basic overview of parallel / concurrent programming, including comparisons between multiprocessing, multithreading, and asyncio (coroutines) in Python.
Introduction to Client-Side Javascript in 2018
My notes for introducing a junior engineer to client-side Javascript for the first time, touching briefly on vanilla JS, jQuery, and VueJS.
Jumbo list of most common datetime / timestamp functions in Redshift and MySQL
A list of common expressions for working with date, time, datetime, and timestamp columns in MySQL 5.7.x and Redshift.
Method delegation in Python
Using Python, a short example on how to delegate specified methods to another object, as compared to composition and inheritance.
Using Python enums in SQLAlchemy models
How to use enums in your models to enforce value consistency.
Python command-line scripts with argparse
A template file for using conditional arguments when running Python scripts from the command line.
SQLAlchemy commit(), flush(), expire(), refresh(), merge() - what's the difference?
I've always struggled to remember between these very similar methods in the SQLALchemy ORM - so I took some time out to research these and write it down.
Prioritized Code Review Checklist - what to look for first, second, and last
A few notes on the code review process, and the steps I go through when reviewing.
Principles for Code Reviews
Some thoughts on what code reviews are and are not.