And Now You Know Your ABC

How helping at my track club's championships led to Python Abstract Base Classes

Nov 1 • 

Stephen Gruppetta

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October 2025

Creating a Singleton Class in Python And Why You (Probably) Don’t Need It

Creating a singleton class is a great exercise to understand object creation in Python, but you’re unlikely to need it in your code.

Oct 14 • 

Stephen Gruppetta

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September 2025

The Networking Event (#4 in The itertools Series • `combinations()` and `permutations()`)

Yteria still can't utter or write the word "for", but she offered to write some code to help organise a networking event

Sep 21 • 

Stephen Gruppetta

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August 2025

When You No Longer Need That Object • Dealing With Garbage in Python

Let's explore reference counting and cyclic garbage collection in Python

Aug 29 • 

Stephen Gruppetta

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Flashy, Fancy Shortcuts Aren't Always Suitable [Python Shorts]

A Python Shorts post about a shortcut that's often overused

Aug 3 • 

Stephen Gruppetta

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July 2025

Do You Really Know How `or` And `and` Work in Python?

Let's explore the Python expression `5 or 0`

Jul 18 • 

Stephen Gruppetta

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Python Backstage • Disassembling Python Code Using the `dis` Module

Let's look behind the scenes to see what happens when you run your Python (CPython) code

Jul 8 • 

Stephen Gruppetta

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June 2025

I Want to Remove Duplicates from a Python List • How Do I Do It?

Lists can have duplicate values. But sometimes, you don't want repeated items. Let's explore how to deal with this.

Jun 20 • 

Stephen Gruppetta

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Are Python Dictionaries Ordered Data Structures?

This question has a nuanced answer

Jun 11 • 

Stephen Gruppetta

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May 2025

What's the Difference Between Zipping and Unzipping Your Jacket? • Unzipping in Python

The advantage of Python's zipping and unzipping over the clothing type is that in Python, they don't get stuck!

May 31 • 

Stephen Gruppetta

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The Chores Rota (#3 in The `itertools` Series • `cycle()` and Combining Tools)

The third episode in Yteria's saga. The third article in the `itertools` series. Discover `itertools.cycle()` and how to combine iteration tools using…

May 17 • 

Stephen Gruppetta

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A Story About Parameters and Arguments in Python Functions • "AI Coffee" Grand Opening This Monday

Parameters and arguments • Positional and keyword arguments • Parameters with default values • *args and **kwargs • Positional-only and keyword-only…

May 7 • 

Stephen Gruppetta

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