The Business of Book Promotions

It is hard (for me) to promote my books. It seems like empty vanity. I realize that it's not -- promotion is essential -- but it's difficult.
Packt just send a raft of detailed information for authors. Some things they suggest I do.
  • ✅Referrals. Want a "free" Python book? The "free" is …
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CI/CD DevOps and Python

See https://www.slideshare.net/ITRevolution/does-sfo-2016-topo-pal-devops-at-capital-one for the 16 gates that separate a good idea from secure, productive use of software. While a lot of DevOps folks like the idea, when it comes to implementing it for Python apps, they get confused.

The confusion seems to stem from Python's …

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Some Reading

Higher-Order Functions. A really cool idea. Javascript isn't my favorite language. https://medium.freecodecamp.org/higher-order-functions-in-javascript-d9101f9cf528 This, on the other hand, is huge: trunk-based development. https://codeburst.io/trunk-based-development-vs-git-flow-a0212a6cae64 I'm really tired of having a dev branch with periodic commits to master so we can deploy from master. It's so …

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Three Unsolvable Problems in Computing

The three unsolvable problems in computing:

  • Naming
  • Distributed Cache Coherence
  • Off-By-One Errors

Let's talk about naming.

The project team decided to call the server component "FlaskAPI".

Seriously.

It serves information about two kinds of resources: images and running instances of images. (Yes, it's a kind of kubernetes/dockyard lite that …

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