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Sergi Pons FreixesDice Stats is my go-to library for calculating dice probabilities, and I this is how I've used it in a real example.
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Sergi Pons FreixesPython's standard library has a lot of built-in functionality. Before writing new code, make sure that what you need is not already in there, which is what happened on a blog post I found about checking if an IP belongs to a subnetwork.
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Sergi Pons FreixesHow I defined a SQLAlchemy relationship that combines five tables.
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Sergi Pons FreixesThis is how I implement auto-incrementing IDs for MongoDB collections using MongoEngine.
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Sergi Pons FreixesDon't rely on TimedRotatingFileHandler when using Gunicorn. You might be missing log records!
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Sergi Pons FreixesA recommended approach for importing Python's datetime module, using aliases, to prevent potential bugs and namespace conflicts.
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Sergi Pons FreixesYou can "intern" strings to improve performance of dictionary lookups, but using them is not as straightforward as one can think.
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Sergi Pons FreixesIf you install PyCharm using the JetBrains installer, you have to use a shell script to launch it. But there is a way to create a shortcut for your Desktop environment.