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Mon 17 Jan 2022

Python bytecode explained

Python is an interpreted language; When a program is run, the python interpreter is first parsing your code and checking for any syntax errors, then it is translating the source code into a series of bytecode instructions; these bytecode instructions are then run by the python interpreter. This text is explaining some of the features of the python bytecode.

Source: Python bytecode explained.

Some ways DNS can break

When I first learned about it, DNS didn’t seem like it should be THAT complicated. Like, there are DNS records, they’re stored on a server, what’s the big deal?

But with DNS, reading about how it works in a textbook doesn’t prepare you for the sheer volume of different ways DNS can break your system in practice. It’s not just caching problems!

Source: Some ways DNS can break, an article by Julia Evans.

High ROI Python Patterns (Part 1)

Logging is super difficult to get right for it to provide any value within an application. It’s usually easy to setup, but for it to actually be useful for the end-user, a developer and/or for debugging purposes is a completely different story. If you were to ask me why this is the case, I’d probably say because it’s up to the developer to accurately describe why something was logged and any context around the logged event.

Source: High ROI Python Patterns (Part 1), an article by Marcello Salvati.

The Wisdom of Crowds

Chaos. Fury. Destruction.

The Great Change is upon us . . .

Some say that to change the world you must first burn it down. Now that belief will be tested in the crucible of revolution: the Breakers and Burners have seized the levers of power, the smoke of riots has replaced the smog of industry, and all must submit to the wisdom of crowds.

With nothing left to lose, Citizen Brock is determined to become a new hero for the new age, while Citizeness Savine must turn her talents from profit to survival before she can claw her way to redemption. Orso will find that when the world is turned upside down, no one is lower than a monarch. And in the bloody North, Rikke and her fragile Protectorate are running out of allies . . . while Black Calder gathers his forces and plots his vengeance.

The banks have fallen, the sun of the Union has been torn down, and in the darkness behind the scenes, the threads of the Weaver's ruthless plan are slowly being drawn together . . .

In the evening I started in The Wisdom of Crowds (The Age of Madness book 3) by Joe Abercrombie.