Friday, July 2, 2021

Facebook announces Bulletin, its Substack newsletter competitor

 https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/29/22555957/facebook-bulletin-newsletter-subscriptions-substack-competitor

Because there's a pie out there and FB wants a piece of it? 

Too Many If-Elif Conditions in Python? Use Dictionaries Instead

 https://betterprogramming.pub/too-many-if-elif-conditions-in-python-use-dictionaries-instead-5486299af27e

I've blundered into this technique myself to make up for the lack of case statement. Their implementation is a bit cleaner than mine. 

4 Cool Python Libraries That You Should Know About

 https://towardsdatascience.com/4-cool-python-libraries-that-you-should-know-about-bea9619e481c

No grand literary theme tying these together, just cool libraries. 

zero-friction serverless development

 https://www.serverless.com/

Commercial product that takes the pain out of serverless deployment and logging. 

How ‘Soft Fascination’ Helps Restore Your Tired Brain

 https://elemental.medium.com/how-soft-fascination-helps-restore-your-tired-brain-27669cd0be9d

The brain needs to defocus and look away. 

It’s time to rip up your lawn and replace it with something you won’t need to mow

 https://www.popsci.com/diy/ground-cover-grass-replacement/

I've long thought mowing was idiotic.