Python’s “Disappointing” Superpowers
A response to Hillel Wayne’s “I am disappointed by dynamic typing”
Accepting the paedo-baptised into credo-baptist churches
Jesus’ command, “feed my sheep”, is the controlling priority.
A model for the soul
A way to think about the soul, and how it relates to the body, in the 21st century
Test factory functions in Django
Patterns for creating model instances in Django project test suites, and some anti-patterns
Python Type Hints: case study on parsy
How I tried and failed to add static type checking to Parsy, and settled for type hints as documentation instead.
Tools for rewriting Python code
A collection of tools that can be run to automatically rewrite Python code in a number of ways
Better Python code grepping with pyastgrep
Release announcement for pyastgrep, a tool for grepping Python code at the syntax level.
The argument from unwanted children
Why the argument from unwanted children doesn’t convince those who are pro-life
Raising exceptions or returning error objects in Python
How returning error objects can provide some advantages over raising exceptions in Python, such as for static type checking tools.
REPL Python programming and debugging with IPython
The flows I use for exploratory programming using a REPL and their advantages.
The technological case against Bitcoin and blockchain
A look at the claim that Bitcoin and blockchain represent a technological revolution, fairly in depth but trying to avoid any techno-babble.
The Christian case against Bitcoin and blockchain
A response to the crypto-positive challies.com article from a Christian perspective
The curse of scalable technology
Some of the downsides of technology stacks that are massively scalable and general purpose
Sharing in Christ’s sufferings
What does it mean to participate in the sufferings of Christ? And what difference does it make to us to understand this?
On asking versus guessing cultures. And the Geneva Conventions.
The “asking” vs “guessing” cultural spectrum is one of many things that divides British and American culture (broadly speaking, though it varies across the USA/UK). I was explaining this to an American friend from one of the southern states recently. It goes like this…
A Django PAGNI: efficient bulk properties
When using Django database models and adding a calculated property of some kind, you should probably ensure it will be efficient in bulk even if that isn’t needed yet.
Life on the diagonal – adventures in 2-D time
A post to help illustrate and popularise the concept of 2-D time, a technique which is essential for some situations.
YAGNI exceptions
A list of some exceptions to the principle of “You Ain't Gonna Need It” – that is, times when doing a bit more up front usually pays off.
Who owns your Bible?
In which I rant about Bible licensing.