• I love shell aliases, here is my shortcut to make a code image from what I have on my OS clipboard:

  alias carbonc="uvx --from pybites-carbon carbon -c -d ~/Downloads -t vscode -b #3DA9FC -l python"

  (-c from clipboard / -d where to put the image png / rest = styling) (16 Nov 2025) - link

• A script for everything 📈

  A bad habit among us programmers: going without breaks. 😅

  But the body reminds us: back pain, dry eyes, tension.

  So why not use our coding chops to fix that? 👇 (15 Nov 2025) - link

• One of my favorite design patterns: the Repository Pattern. 😍

  It keeps business logic separate from the data layer. 📈

  Need to swap SQL for CSV or add an API backend later? Plug it in, the interface stays the same.

  Example below 👇 (14 Nov 2025) - link

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• Sort by callable: Did you know that the key argument of 🐍 `sorted()` accepts any callable that transforms items before comparison, e.g. built-ins like `str.lower` or `len`, or your own custom functions 😍💡 ... (13 Oct 2025) - link
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• document your regexes: Did you know you can make your regex patterns more readable with re.VERBOSE (re.X) so you can split them across lines and add comments. 💡📈 ... (16 Sep 2025) - link

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