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Understanding Awaitables: Coroutines, Tasks, and Futures in Python

Previously, we explored chatbot building with AsyncIO. As I am committing to publish one article a week, I am constantly on the lookout for…

5d ago

Understanding Awaitables: Coroutines, Tasks, and Futures in Python

5d ago

A Love Story in Code: Building My Self-Hosted Photo Album

I am almost one year into my current relationship. It is hard to believe how fast time flies, until I look into our photo archive. Being an…

Mar 17

A Love Story in Code: Building My Self-Hosted Photo Album

Mar 17

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The Versatility of call: A Python Developer’s Secret Weapon

While reviewing the code in my current chatbot project, I discovered asyncio.to_thread accepts function parameters, removing the need to…

Mar 10

The Versatility of __call__: A Python Developer’s Secret Weapon

Mar 10

How to write an AsyncIO Telegram bot in Python

Last week, we discussed a quick weekend project on building a word game. That project was sparked by a conversation suggesting I integrate…

Mar 5

How to write an AsyncIO Telegram bot in Python

Mar 5

I built a word guessing game with LLM

After a period of regrouping, I resumed my quest for a new job or project. While sourcing ideas from discussion groups and friends, a…

Feb 24

I built a word guessing game with LLM

Feb 24

Hair dryers have standards, why not software? A call for Rights by Design.

We can plug and use electrical appliances without fear, thanks to the existence of SIRIM certification. We can go grab food from friendly…

Feb 21

Hair dryers have standards, why not software? A call for Rights by Design.

Feb 21

Beyond the Code: A Lunar New Year Reflection on Career, Recovery, and New Beginnings

The lunar new year celebration just concluded yesterday. My family and I went to the temple to offer our hopes and prayers for a good and…

Feb 13

Beyond the Code: A Lunar New Year Reflection on Career, Recovery, and New Beginnings

Feb 13

Applying Cramer’s Rule for Advent of Code 2024, day 13

Day 13 is relatively easy, especially if you’re comfortable with math. I originally started with a purely brute-force approach, but it…

Jan 27

Applying Cramer’s Rule for Advent of Code 2024, day 13

Jan 27

Finally, an application for my FSM library! Advent of Code 2024 day 11

We’ve finally completed 10 puzzles, surpassing my previous record (though I still have days 24 and 25 to tackle, and I’ll likely need to…

Jan 20

Finally, an application for my FSM library! Advent of Code 2024 day 11

Jan 20

Climbing a depth-first search hill, Advent of Code 2024, day 10

Today, we’re diving into the Day 10 puzzle. Like Day 6, it’s a 2D grid, but this time, we need to consider multiple paths. It’s fascinating…

Jan 13

Climbing a depth-first search hill, Advent of Code 2024, day 10

Jan 13

How to parse computer code, Advent of Code 2024 day 3

Having tackled some of the later Advent of Code challenges, I wanted to revisit Day 3, which presented an interesting parsing problem. The…

Jan 6

How to parse computer code, Advent of Code 2024 day 3

Jan 6

How to repair a bridge, Advent of Code 2024 Day 7

After what felt like an eternity (five hours, to be precise), Day 20 part 2 finally decided to cooperate. I’m still slightly dazed from the…

Dec 30, 2024

How to repair a bridge, Advent of Code 2024 Day 7

Dec 30, 2024

How to trace steps in a map, Advent of Code 2024 day 6

Back to my Advent of Code challenge, due to some unforeseeable issues, I am unable to complete the challenges in time and am currently…

Dec 23, 2024

How to trace steps in a map, Advent of Code 2024 day 6

Dec 23, 2024

Video data IO through ffmpeg subprocess

As I restarted my job search (yes, I am still #OpenToWork, ping me!), in one of the job applications, I was asked to implement a prototype…

Dec 18, 2024

Video data IO through ffmpeg subprocess

Dec 18, 2024

How to code a Sorting Algorithm for Advent of Code 2024 day 5

In the previous post, I briefly mentioned that I am participating in this year’s Advent of Code. Co-incidentally, in one of the puzzles…

Dec 10, 2024

How to code a Sorting Algorithm for Advent of Code 2024 day 5

Dec 10, 2024

Why does everyone love sorting algorithms?

I had an interview a few weeks ago, and was asked to implement a sorting algorithm. I didn’t manage to do it on the spot, but managed to…

Dec 3, 2024

Why does everyone love sorting algorithms?

Dec 3, 2024

Building state machine library with help from AI tools

Just out of boredom, while waiting for my follow-up interview sessions, I built a state-machine library, powered by genruler. I built one…

Nov 26, 2024

Building state machine library with help from AI tools

Nov 26, 2024

Remaking a rule-engine DSL

A few years ago, I reimplemented a domain-specific language (DSL) originally designed for the rule engine at work. The toy reimplementation…

Nov 18, 2024

Remaking a rule-engine DSL

Nov 18, 2024

Building a desktop launcher

I still use QuickSilver on my mac, despite there are multiple efforts attempting to displace it. There used to be one made for Linux…

Nov 12, 2024

Building a desktop launcher

Nov 12, 2024

Implementing breadth-first search in low-level setting

This is a follow-up article on my play through of Exapunks, feel free to read the prologue to this series to learn about the background. In…

Nov 5, 2024

Implementing breadth-first search in low-level setting

Nov 5, 2024

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