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But I’ve noticed that when I open everything all at once, I slip into a reactive mode before I’ve even decided what I actually need to work on. That was the problem I wanted to solve, so I wrote a ...

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In forecasting economic time series, statistical models often need to be complemented with a process to impose various constraints in a smooth manner. Systematically imposing constraints and retaining ...

Getting input from users is one of the first skills every Python programmer learns. Whether you’re building a console app, validating numeric data, or collecting values in a GUI, Python’s input() ...

JSON Prompting is a technique for structuring instructions to AI models using the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format, making prompts clear, explicit, and machine-readable. Unlike traditional ...

When writing Python programs, errors are inevitable. Whether you’re reading a file, parsing user input, or making network requests, things can (and will) go wrong at runtime. If not handled properly, ...

Exceptions can be rendered into a beautiful HTML exception page! Now when doing API requests accepting application/json a JSON debug error page will be returned. When ...