Generating stable SVG plots with Matplotlib

Using Matplotlib to generate stable SVG files for your documentation, BI dashboards and blog posts by dropping the date metadata and fixing the hash salt

Debugging a dlopen ImportError in a universal2 wheel with nm and otool

I recently had to debug an ImportError in a compiled Python extension on macOS (an area of packaging I fortunately rarely need to touch) and it turned into a short tour of nm and otool.

Using Pydantic's MISSING sentinel in FastAPI for PATCH endpoints

Starting with Pydantic 2.12.0, the MISSING sentinel can be used to annotate non-required, non-nullable fields, which is very useful for PATCH endpoints.

Using TypeDicts in FastAPI for PATCH endpoints

This article goes through a quick example of how to use TypedDict in FastAPI for the body of a PATCH endpoint.

Exploring Google's ortools - Part 1

Introduction to linear programming and optimization with ortools.

TIL: Ferret and FQL

Where I explore Ferret, a cool declarative approach to web scraping!

Make Array Consecutive

Bob has statues of different sizes, each statue having a non-negative integer size. He wants to arrange them so that each statue will be bigger than the previous one exactly by 1. He may need some additional statues to be able to accomplish that. Help him figure out the minimum number of additional statues needed.

Based on a Javascript challenge by @PizzaPokerGuy.