Plurrrr

Instead of having to limit sanity checks to the boundaries of the program, we could re-use those as function contracts using the assert keyword. Indeed, setting PYTHONOPTIMIZE removes all assert, making the check useful in dev, and free in production.

Unfortunately, the community doesn't know about the feature, and use assert for things that should never be removed, so using the flag would likely introduce bugs into your program.

In my recent post about data archiving to removable media, I laid out the difference between backing up and archiving, and also said I’d evaluate git-annex and dar. This post evaluates git-annex.

This article discusses the technical details of static initialization for map data in Go binaries, and some alternative strategies for dealing with the performance impacts.

As his wedding day approaches, Ben heads to Miami with his soon-to-be brother-in-law James to bring down a drug dealer who's supplying the dealers of Atlanta with product.