Nov 13, 2019How To Modularise Your Shell ConfigModularising your shell config for a cleaner setup Note: The setup described in the following sections can be applied to shells like bash, zsh, fish and other common unix shells. However, keep in mind that the command(s) might differ a bit. I’m using custom shell commands, aliases, and functions quite…Linux2 min readLinux2 min read
Oct 25, 2019How To Use OBS Studio Under DebianSolving the black screen Screen Capture (XSHM) issue occurring under Debian Recently, I wanted to use OBS Studio (Open Broadcast Software) to record some of my coding sessions. As I switched from Windows to Debian a lot of things are still new to me. As I followed along there (unofficial)…Open Broadcaster Software2 min readOpen Broadcaster Software2 min read
Apr 26, 2019How To Create Your Own Timing Context Manager In PythonAfter publishing my last article, which was about list.sort() and sorted(list), I was asked, why I was using the boxx library instead of built-in functionalities to measure the execution time of certain pieces of code. …Python4 min readPython4 min read
Apr 8, 2019Member-onlylist.sort() vs. sorted(list)A closer look at Python’s built-in List Sorting Methods concerning Memory Consumption and Time Efficiency — Introduction Recently, I came across the question, which method to sort a list is more efficient: Using Python’s built-in sorted function or relying on the list.sort method. To answer this question I started a little investigation described in this article. You can find the repository I’m referring to on GitHub.Programming5 min readProgramming5 min read
Mar 23, 2019Run Python Applications as non-root user in Docker Containers — by exampleAfter the emersion of the runC container runtime bug it’s finally the time to run processes in Docker containers as non-root user. This article shows you how to achieve that with your Python applications. Using requirements.txt If your project uses a plain requirements.txt , you can use the following snippet to run…Docker2 min readDocker2 min read
Jan 1, 2019Customize Click Help PageRecently, I wanted to start my open source journey by contributing to an open source project called wily. The issue I was working on was to first add a version flag to print the current version of the tool and second to add the version to the help page. As…Python3 min readPython3 min read
Dec 26, 2018Python’s f-strings vs. str()A few months ago I’ve seen a tweet from a Python learner with a code snippet containing f-strings. I asked, why she’s not using format() . She answered, that this is the new way of formatting strings. I was curious about it as I didn’t hear about it before. …Programming2 min readProgramming2 min read
Published inCoding experiences·Apr 29, 2018#16 and #17 Week of the YearEnding up the #100DaysOfCode-challenge with informing about newer Python releases, asynchronous programming and community work. With this article I not only summarise my past two weeks of learning and coding, but also end up my #100DaysOfCode-challenge. …Programming3 min readProgramming3 min read
Published inCoding experiences·Apr 15, 2018#15 Week of the YearA week on the subject of image recognition and Python secrets everybody should know about. Image and Video Recognition This week I started with the focus on learning more about image recognition with a predefined model instead of a neural network. …Programming4 min readProgramming4 min read
Published inCoding experiences·Apr 8, 2018#14 Week of the YearPlaying around with IPython. Working on the command line. Going on finishing my portfolio page. This week was the first week I was back studying in Mannheim. After two months of internship it was quite challenging to find back into routine. That’s actually the major reason, why I wasn’t able…Python4 min readPython4 min read
