Articles on tips

Tools, Best Practices, Tips

A Better Place to Put Your Python Virtual Environments

By on 7 March 2024

Virtual environments are vital if you’re developing Python apps or just writing some Python scripts. They allow you to isolate different app requirements to prevent conflicts and keep your global OS environment clean. This is super important for many reasons. The most obvious one is requirements isolation. Let’s say that you’re working on two different… Continue reading A Better Place to Put Your Python Virtual Environments

Modules, Best Practices, Tips

6 Cool Things You Can Do With The Functools Module

By on 21 September 2023

In this article let’s look at the functools Standard Library module and 6 cool things you can do with it (be warned, a lot of decorators are coming your way! 😍) … 1. Cache (“memoize”) things You can use the @cache decorator (formerly called @lru_cache) as a “simple lightweight unbounded function cache”. The classic example is… Continue reading 6 Cool Things You Can Do With The Functools Module

Career, Developer

10 Tips to Make Your Developer Resume Stand Out

By on 4 September 2023

At Pybites we support our pythonistas with expert CV guidance to make their job applications stand out in a tight talent market 💪 📈 Here are some essential ingredients that make a great resume: 1. Clear and Concise Structure Start with a clean, well-organized format. Use headers, bullet points, and consistent fonts to ensure readability.… Continue reading 10 Tips to Make Your Developer Resume Stand Out

Podcast, Developer, Productivity

11 Planning and Productivity tips for Python developers

By on 23 June 2023

This week we talk with Sambhavi Dhanabalan about productivity as a developer. She shares 11 tips from her experience: 3 around planning and 8 generic tips. Watch here: Or listen here: We also talk about her background, wins and a book she’s reading. Enjoy this insightful conversation with Sambhavi. We’re sure that if you follow… Continue reading 11 Planning and Productivity tips for Python developers

Podcast, Career, Mindset

Veterans in the workplace, challenges and tips

By on 7 June 2023

Welcome back to the Pybites podcast! Watch here: Or listen here: In this podcast episode, Julian interviews Isaac Smit, a former member of the US Navy and current program manager at Amazon. He discusses the challenges faced by veterans in the workplace and how we can support them better. Isaac highlights two main difficulties veterans… Continue reading Veterans in the workplace, challenges and tips

Productivity

How To Start Finishing – Learning from Agile Practices

By on 24 February 2023

Summary Many of the agile tools, principles and guidelines used by large IT enterprises can be used by small teams or individual engineers to improve efficiency and create more value. In this article, I’d like to explore these concepts with you to help you level up your engineering practice. The underlying agile principle I’ll explore… Continue reading How To Start Finishing – Learning from Agile Practices