#314: What are you, a wise guy? Sort it out!

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• Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org
• Brian: @brianokken@fosstodon.org

Brian #1: FAQtory

• Will McGugan
• “FAQtory is a tool to auto-generate a FAQ.md (Frequently Asked Questions) document for your project.
• FAQtory has a FAQ.md written by itself, so you can see an example of the project in the project.
• Builds a markdown FAQ.md that includes questions at the top that link to answers below.
• “Additionally, a ‘suggest’ feature uses fuzzy matching to reply to GitHub issues with suggestions from your FAQ.”
  • I haven’t tried this part, but looking forward to it.
  • May help to answer GH issues that are really questions.

Michael #2: Kagi search "live with it” report

• Still enjoying it a lot
• Very fast
• LOVE blocking SEO-heavy, content-light sites
• Maps are rough around the edges
• Not obvious how to set as a private/incognito search engine (but can be done in settings)
• They have browser extensions - but I don't want to install extensions
  • I only use 1password & zoom
• It could use some documentation however (e.g. supports !’s, but what are they?)
• Being tempted by Orion too, but sticking with Vivaldi.

Brian #3: Tools for rewriting Python code

• Luke Plant
• A collection of tools change your code (hopefully for the better)
• Several categories
  • formatting and coding style - black, isort, …
  • upgrades - pyupgrade, flynt, …
    • we need one to convert from setup.py/setup.cfg to pyproject.toml
  • type hints - auto type hints? cool. maybe.
    • I haven’t tried any of these, but they look interesting
  • refactoring, editors, rope, jedi
  • other - autoflake, shed, …
  • write your own, with LibCST

Michael #4: Socketify

• Bringing WebSockets, Http/Https High Performance servers for PyPy3 and Python3
• A new record for Python no other Web Framework as able to reach 6.2 mi requests per second before in @TFBenchmarks 🥇 🏆
• This puts Python in the same ballpark than #golang, #Rust and #C++.

Extras

Brian:

• watching mousebender from Brett Cannon
  • BTW, releases watching is cool. Probably a decent reason to use GH releases feature.
• Python Developer’s Guide has a visual of the Python Versions and release cycle.
  • Shows the stages of releases: end-of-life, security, bugfix, feature
  • Next end-of-life is Python 3.7 on 27-June-2023
  • Great descriptions of what all these terms mean at the bottom

Michael:

• Michael’s latest post: Sometimes, You Should Build It Yourself
• Trying all in on proton for personal stuff
• Bunny fonts
• AI Stand up Comedy

Joke: Wise guy, eh?