I have used bash scripts for years because they are ubiquitous and fast to prototype. Over time, my small helpers turned into a tangle of chained commands and fragile pipes. I finally decided to ...

Learn the 3-step process to localize your Python scripts using the gettext CLI tools. Includes tips for pluralization, ...

'.txt': 'Documents/Text', '.rtf': 'Documents/Text', '.odt': 'Documents/Text', '.xlsx': 'Documents/Spreadsheets', '.csv': ...

Python is an extremely powerful and flexible programming language that is particularly popular among newcomers to coding thanks to its relatively gentle learning curve. That said, the flexibility of ...

I provide telecommute consulting for a company called Crisp Hughes Evans (CHE) in Asheville, North Carolina. They needed a way to download Web logs from Apache, Zope and Plone Web sites, which were ...

I recently discovered that 10 pages on our website accounted for over 61.2% of our total clicks reported in Google Search Console (GSC) in the last three months! This is a site with around 300 ...

In the spirit of continual learning and, as a follow on to my previous blog, Line Regulation Measurement Coding in Python, I thought I would continue discussing coding for measurements by providing an ...

I'm about ready to pull my hair out. I am going to have (0x1) errors showing up in my dreams soon if this keeps up. I have a simple Python script that I want to run as soon as an AWS EC2 (Windows) ...

In the last two blogs, I have written about continual learning as an engineer; Learning Is Not Just for New Engineers and pulling an all-nighter, Pulling an All-Nighter made me think a little more ...