Category archives: Snaking
Discussions of programming, particularly of programming Python
Flushing... (New specs for old projects...)
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Doing some work this morning on customer-related business. Basically just flushing some (very large) caches so old data doesn't show up in a report. This, of course, has never been done before, as it's not part of the spec for how the system works. Worse yet, need to do it on the live system. Not ...
Metaclasses must be done... (How even licensing screeds seem important when procrastinating...)
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Last night was almost a total wash for getting the metaclass presentation done. I spent most of the time just rearranging the text and realising that it's pretty tight already. I've come to the conclusion that most of the problems are just organisational (and the lack of support for alternate learning modes). Wound up wasting ...
Mike C. Fletcher, the VRPlumber, is a philosopher of design turned computer programmer based in Toronto, Canada. He works primarily in the Python programming language, and maintains a large number of Open Source software packages. You can reach him at: mcfletch@vrplumber.com.