ly vuAnalyzing the Python typosquatting malicious “request” packageTyposquatting is an attack where attackers upload a similar looking package to a popular package (e.g., request, urllib3), often embedded…Aug 25, 20201Aug 25, 20201
ly vuUnderstanding obscure Python behaviours by disassembling codeThis post will walk you through some Python obscure examples and inspect the implementation behind them. I hope this will be useful.Jul 18, 2020Jul 18, 2020
ly vuUnderstanding the use of Python bytecode files in different scenarios.Python generates a bytecode from the source code of a module when it is first imported to improve the performance of loading a module…May 20, 2020May 20, 2020
ly vuAutomatically downloading free books from Springer using PythonSpringer has freely released 65 books (this post), I want to download all the books but, I felt it is really tedious to click on each book…May 3, 20201May 3, 20201
ly vuRecommended books from Tribe of MentorsThe book “Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World” gives me a list of recommended books by the interviewees.Apr 26, 2020Apr 26, 2020
ly vuIterable comprehension v.s (filter + lambda)Reading this post (https://towardsdatascience.com/five-cool-python-looping-tips-14f6f44bcfc7) gives me some new ideas of iterating a…Apr 13, 2020Apr 13, 2020
ly vuHow to efficiently read files in a compressed archiveGiven a compressed file in gzipped or zip format, how can we read the files inside the compressed file? In this post, I will show you two…Apr 4, 2020Apr 4, 2020
ly vuNavigating the layout of Latex and Python file with VimWhen you code or write a text, for example, in Latex, you may need to go from a specific location to another. It can be done by using…Mar 20, 2020Mar 20, 2020
ly vuHow to efficiently align Latex table textWhen working with a table in Latex, you often need to modify the cells in the table. Let’s say you are woking on a table that has three…Mar 13, 2020Mar 13, 2020
ly vuHow to efficiently edit Latex tags in VimWhen writing a paper using Latex, we may need to edit some tags (e.g., table, figure, and so on). Let’s say you create a table, and you…Mar 11, 2020Mar 11, 2020