One of the many allures of Twitter is that you can tweet at your favorite celebrity and (maybe) get a response. Still though, tweeting isn’t quite as intimate as trading text messages. So we thought it’d be fun to use Markov Chains, Programmable SMS, and ... (more…)

Python is set to release a new version next year, the shiny 3.9. This one omitted the sys.argv change rolled back in alpha2 Here’s our take of the most noticeable changes: Keyword Arguments Get Some Boost improved sebastian@seberg-x1 ~/python-dev/bin % ./... (more…)

Overview While developing Splunk apps and add-ons, we rely heavily on Python for various third-party integrations. Even though tested, Sometimes we run into issues when the code actually gets executed inside Splunk’s Python environment. Most of us would t... (more…)

How to implement arrays in Python using only built-in data types and classes from the standard library. Includes code examples and recommendations. (more…)

In this short tutorial, you will learn to search, browse, and retrieve wiki data from Wikipedia. For this, we will be using a python library called Wikipedi... (more…)