Archive - The Python Coding Stack

“Python’s Plumbing” Is Not As Flashy as “Magic Methods” • But Is It Better?

Dunder methods are the pipes and valves that are out of sight, but that keep everything flowing in Python

Feb 24 • Stephen Gruppetta

When "It Works" Is Not Good Enough • Live Workshops

You write code.

Feb 18 • Stephen Gruppetta

January 2026

Planning Meals, Weekly Shop, Alternative Constructors Using Class Methods

You can have more than one way of creating objects • alternative constructors using class methods

Jan 30 • Stephen Gruppetta

Need a Constant in Python? Enums Can Come in Useful

Python doesn’t have constants. But it has enums

Jan 12 • Stephen Gruppetta

December 2025

Mulled Wine, Mince Pies, and More Python

2025 in review here on The Python Coding Stack

Dec 31, 2025 • Stephen Gruppetta

November 2025

My Life • The Autobiography of a Python Object

A short post showing Python from the eyes of object 0x101dd38c0

Nov 30, 2025 • Stephen Gruppetta

And Now You Know Your ABC

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

Nov 1, 2025 • Stephen Gruppetta

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, 2025 • Stephen Gruppetta

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, 2025 • Stephen Gruppetta

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, 2025 • Stephen Gruppetta

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

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

Aug 3, 2025 • Stephen Gruppetta

July 2025

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

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

Jul 18, 2025 • Stephen Gruppetta