- Monkey-patching in Java
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Monkey patching is a technique used to dynamically update the behavior of a piece of code at run-time. A monkey patch (also spelled monkey-patch, MonkeyPatch) is a way to extend or modify the runtime code of dynamic languages (e.g. Smalltalk, JavaScript, Objective-C, Ruby, Perl, Python, Groovy, etc.) without altering the original source code.
- Sanding UI
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Interesting that the author mentions that "CSS is awesome" because "there’s probably a million different ways to solve this problem". IMHO, that’s exactly the opposite of awesome.
- Todd’s Guide to Creating Video Tutorials
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And now, for something completely different! Yet, recording videos is a recurrent activity for Developer Advocates.
- Tuple shuffling: Postgres CTEs for Moving and Deleting Table Data
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I only recently became aware of CTE. I believe that they unlock a lot of power in your SQL-fu. The post demoes a couple of things that you can achieve with them in a single transaction.
- Programming Languages that Time Forgot: A Look at Lesser-Known Gems
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Not a very deep article but a nostalgic trip down memory lane. Basic was indeed my first language.
- I’ve been coding in Python for 9 years now. If I were to start over today, here’s a roadmap
- 7 New Typing Features in Python 3.13
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TL;DR:
ReadOnlytype to mark aTypedDictitem as read-onlywarnings.deprecated()decorator for marking deprecationsTypeIsto instruct a type checker on how to narrow a type- Two more
Protocolrelative methods:get_protocol_members()to return members of aProtocolandis_protocol()to check if an object is aProtocolor not. - Default type supports and a
NoDefaultobject
- Python Protocols: Leveraging Structural Subtyping
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After reading the previous link, I searched what is a
Protocolin Python. Now, I know and if you read the post, you will as well. - Tracking supermarket prices with playwright
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I’m collecting daily metrics on my different social media accounts, but some don’t have an API for it, e.g., LinkedIn. I should check if I can use playwright to replace manual boring scraping.
The post also mentions tailscale. It can help me with Reddit: Reddit allows me calling its API from my laptop but not from GitHub Actions workers that run (probably) on Azure.
- Things I Wished More Developers Knew About Databases
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A classic post that deserves regular reading.
- A Taxonomy of Tech Debt
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I love taxonomy! This one is quite interesting as it comes from the gaming industry.
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Monkey-patching in Java. Sanding UI. Todd’s Guide to Creating Video Tutorials. Tuple shuffling: Postgres CTEs for Moving and Deleting Table Data. Programming Languages that Time Forgot: A Look at Lesser-Known Gems. I’ve been coding in Python for 9 years now. If I were to start over today, here’s a roadmap. 7 New Typing Features in Python 3.13. Python Protocols: Leveraging Structural Subtyping. Tracking supermarket prices with playwright.
