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nedbat, 2 days ago to random

A fun browser toy: The Blob Toy.
Here's an example: https://oimo.io/works/blob/
https://oimo.io/works/blob/?id=07eb178b #TheBlobToy

nedbat, 2 days ago to python

I guess the time has come. I think I have to finally figure out what #Python's sys.meta_path does...
https://docs.python.org/3/library/sys.html#sys.meta_path

o76923, 2 days ago to python

I still think it's nuts that #Python's best solutions for rendering #SVG are a bunch of wrappers around CairoSVG with the two next best solutions being use Inkscape from the command line and wand, a wrapper around ImageMagick.

nedbat, 4 days ago (edited 1 day ago) to random

How long am I willing to stick with something if it works? I'm currently editing an XSLT file that underpins my blog... https://nedbatchelder.com/site/xuffpx.html

nedbat, 5 days ago to python

Mostly you shouldn't subclass #Python built-in types. But if you do, dict subclasses can define missing: it's called when a key is missing. Instead of hiding a dict in a function as a cache, how about hiding a function in a dict!? A Fibonacci dictionary:

nedbat, 6 days ago to python

Nested loops can sometimes be replaced by one itertools.product() from the #Python stdlib: