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#241: f-yes we want some f-string tricks!

Published Wed, Jul 7, 2021, recorded Wed, Jul 7, 2021

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Special guest: Jay Miller

Michael #1: Autosync all branches of a fork

  • Use GitHub actions to keep your fork in sync
  • Step 1: make changes in a separate branch (a branch other than main) to keep the working tree clean and avoiding conflicts with upstream
  • Step 2: Add a new workflow under the “actions” section. We are going to follow the Fork-Sync-With-Upstream-action from the Actions Marketplace. Copy the YAML in the article being careful to use the right repo/branch names
  • Step 3: click on Start Commit and Commit new file and that's it!
  • See your running workflow in the actions tab

Brian #2: Measuring memory usage in Python: it’s tricky!

  • Itamar Turner-Trauring
  • Nice, easy to follow discussion of memory
  • Cool example to allocate 3 GB
    • arr = np.ones((1024, 1024, 1024, 3), dtype=np.uint8)
    • that’s a 4 dimensional array of bytes, 1k x 1k x 1k x 3
  • “Resident Memory” measured with psutil.Process().memory_info().rss
    • rss = “Resident Set Size”, or “non-swapped physical memory”
    • returns bytes, so / (1024 * 1024) gives MB
  • Shows a little more than 3 GB
  • Doing nothing to process, but opening a few tabs in a browser and re-running rss shows a reduction due to some memory being saved to disk.
  • Fil profiler can show peak allocated memory.
  • Memory
    • Resident Memory : RAM usage
    • Allocated Memory : what we asked for, not really measurable
    • Peak Allocated Memory : kinda the same, but not, and it’s measurable
  • Tradeoffs between measuring the two

Jay #3: Python f-strings can do more than you thought. f'{val=}', f'{val!r}', f'{dt:%Y-%m-%d}'

  • Caution! Just because you can doesn’t mean you should but sometimes you will be looking for a way to do something

Michael #4: 10 Tips and Tools You Can Adopt in 15 minutes or Less To Level Up Your Dev Productivity

  1. Upgrade your shell (ohmyzsh or ohmyposh) + Windows Terminal with PS 7
  2. Secure.py (or NWebSec for ASP.NET or …)
  3. Use a UI for git (SourceTree, GitHub Desktop, PyCharm, VS Code, etc)
  4. Sync your github forks
  5. Use a good logging framework: Logbook, Loguru, even Sentry
  6. SSL/TLS with Let’s Encrypt
  7. 80/20 testing with sitemaps
  8. PageSpeed insights (e.g for Python Bytes)
  9. Use an OS package manager: Homebrew, Chocolaty, or Linux’s built in)
  10. Manage your dependencies with dependabot or even pip-compile requirements.in --upgrade

Brian #5: How to Start a Production-Ready Django Project

  • Vitor Freitas
  • Some great points for really any project, not just Django projects
  • Make sure different environments work with the project, in this priority:
    • local, so clone and run is easy and new people can onboard fast
    • test, also local, so devs actually test with no issues
    • production, can be more complicated since only experienced people will need it, or it will get run by your CI/CD chain
    • production is also used in staging
  • Configure git and venv from the beginning.
  • Cool requirements files example with a requirements directory containing
    • base.txt
    • test.txt : base.txt + test stuff
    • local.txt : test.txt + dev stuff
    • production.txt : base.txt + any production only stuff
  • Settings setup, also with switched implementation for local, test, prod
  • Shared editor configuration, interesting addition
  • Shared linting and styling tools, isort, black, flake8, …
  • There are some Django specifics also, like app structure.

Jay #6: Bunch

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