Authored by Dalton Mitchell How would you describe a healthy codebase? You could say it’s one that’s optimized for testability, maintainability, and scalability. Some key attributes might be clean, understandable, and consistent code. What would you say is the biggest challenge to maintaining a healthy codebase? Many would say it’s…

Authored by Emma Lefavor I hear That you and your team Have stopped returning errors And started throwing exceptions I hear That you and your team Have stopped throwing exceptions And started returning errors -LCD Soundsystem, “Losing My Edge” (lightly emended) (link has flashing lights) I spent the two years…

Authored by Nick Cassleman The days of CSS Zen Garden were simpler. Content went in the .html file, styles went in the .css file, and scripts went in the .js file. That was 2004, when GeoCities, Neopets, and MySpace reigned. It’s now 2022 and we’re galloping down the road of…

Authored by Vishal Yadav Hi! I’m Vishal. I joined Pilot as an engineering manager in June after spending what felt like forever deciding if it was the right move for me (spoiler: it was). Part of what made the decision so tough is that it’s exceedingly difficult to get a…

Authored by Allison Kaptur I’ve been writing typed Python with mypy for many years, but I had never worked with TypeScript before 2021. When I started working in TS, I was surprised by how different its philosophy is from mypy. …

Authored by David Euresti Use attrs. .. for everything. Even strongly typed code! Here at Pilot we love love love Python. We use Twisted on Python 3 for our backend and like Glyph, we use attrs for everything. I haven’t written an __init__ method in over four years! As many…