As you probably know, the GIL stands for the Global Interpreter Lock, and its job is to make the CPython interpreter thread-safe. The GIL allows... (more…)

[This question was asked at Quora and Louis Cyphre wrote a great answer. Published with permission.]... (more…)

Write every line of code and understand why it works... (more…)

Here we go again, another day, another scammer. This time a scammer decided to use a live payment processor to test validity of cards to scam. Not very smart... (more…)

i3 is a tiling window manager on Linux. It supports tiling, stacking, and tabbing layouts, which it handles dynamically.The advantage is that you no longer waste time organizing your windows with the mouse.With i3 the layout is automatic. The windows open... (more…)