Jan 15Member-onlyWhen To Use An Empty Interface In GolangStatically typed languages are highly beneficial. They improve code readability, making it easier for developers to understand code that was written by other developers They provide type checking at compile time, meaning potential runtime errors will most certainly be avoided They allow for better IDE support, which improves developer productivity …Golang3 min readGolang3 min read
Nov 13, 2022Member-onlyHow To Configure The Settings of Your Python App With PydanticPydantic is a popular Python library that is commonly used for data parsing and validation. However, it is also very useful for configuring the settings of a project, by using the BaseSettings class. In this article we will see how the BaseSettings class works, and how to implement settings configuration…Python3 min readPython3 min read
Published in Towards Dev·Oct 18, 2022Member-onlyIf You Are Learning Docker, Remember These CLI CommandsIf you are in the business of deploying web services these days, chances are you are putting them in containers, and shipping them to the cloud. There are several tools that you can use to containerize your apps, but Docker is definitely the first that comes to mind. If you…Docker4 min readDocker4 min read
Oct 16, 2022Member-onlyManaging Python Projects With PoetrySoftware projects are almost never built without a number of third party libraries. It’s usually always better to use a library, then to spend a large amount of time reinventing the wheel. Selecting a good tool to manage these dependencies is thus crucial. In this article I will describe how…Python3 min readPython3 min read
Published in Dev Genius·Jul 22, 2022Member-onlyA Short Intro To Goroutines And ChannelsConcurrency and parallelism. Quite a complex topic. Various programming languages tackle this issue in different ways. Some are really complicated, some a bit less. But many developers would agree that Go really does well in this area. …Golang5 min readGolang5 min read
Jul 13, 2022Member-onlyThread Safety in GolangGoroutines are awesome. They are arguably the best solution for concurrency out there. However, your applications can get very unpredictable, and cause nasty bugs if you don’t use goroutines properly. …Golang5 min readGolang5 min read
Jul 8, 2022Member-onlyInterfaces in GolangIf you’re coming from Java, you definitely know about interfaces. If you’re coming from Python, you’re probably scratching your head. But, no matter which language you’re coming from, you’ll be surprised about how Go implements interfaces. An interface is a type in Go. But, unlike the struct type, the interface…Golang6 min readGolang6 min read
Jun 23, 2022Member-onlyWhen Should You Use Pointers in GolangThe concept of pointers in programming languages is quite old. C and C++ are probably the best examples of languages that are widely popular that use pointers. Golang, being inspired by C in many ways, implements explicit pointers as well. …Golang6 min readGolang6 min read
Published in Better Programming·Jun 11, 2022Member-onlyWorking With JSON in GolangHandling JSON data with Go — Enabling developers to easily and effectively build highly performant, scalable web services is one of Golang’s best selling points. As we know, JSON is the industry standard for data serialization when communicating with a user-facing web service. Luckily, Go enables you to work with JSON in a very straightforward and…Golang4 min readGolang4 min read
May 23, 2022Member-onlyHow I Turned A Tech Interview Question Into A Medium Article That’s Earning Me MoneyThinking of ideas for technical articles can be difficult. I often feel that for every interesting topic there is already a ton of great articles, and there’s really nothing valuable that I can add to the subject. Great ideas sometimes have to come from completely unexpected sources- like coding interviews. …Tech Interview4 min readTech Interview4 min read
