#python

• Progress Spinners Using Python Generators and Context Managers

  Published April 2022 • 6 min read

  Making neat little progress spinners that let you know things are working in your cli apps is quite simple using Python generators and context manager.

• Custom Sorting in Python

  Published August 2021 • 4 min read

  I recently found myself needing to sort a list by cardinal directions. Here's a super simple solution to do custom sorting in Python.

• JavaScript Search Token Highlighter

  Published May 2021 • 6 min read

  Building a search results page? Thinking about highlighting the search terms so they standout? Here's how I did it using vanilla JavaScript.

• Trying Out Things 3

  Published February 2021 • 10 min read

  I decided to switch my to-do list to Things 3 and needed to move a lot of to-dos over from Todoist. Seemed like a great project to explore their API and save myself a bunch of copying and pasting.

• Python Type Hints and Fancy Banners

  Published January 2021 • 7 min read

  While leaning about Python Type Hints, I wrote a nifty little function to display cool banners and help remind me about the concepts of type hinting.

• RSS Feeds Using Flask-FlatPages

  Updated March 2023 • 5 min read

  Need to generate a valid RSS feed for your Flask website? Using Flask-FlatPages? Well, it's really quite simple.

• Generating a Sitemap with Flask and Flask-FlatPages

  Updated March 2023 • 3 min read

  If you're using Flask-FlatPages, it's really simple to generate a sitemap that plays nice with search engines and helps your website get noticed.

• Unpacking Tuples in a For Loop

  Published September 2020 • 2 min read

  Have you ever noticed as you learn more and more of a programming language, you often forgo the basics for a more complex solution? Well, today I was reminded of the KISS principle when I needed to unpack a bunch of tuples.