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Python Gotcha: strip, lstrip, rstrip can remove more than expected
The Python strip, lstrip, and rstrip functions can have unexpected behavior. Even though this is documented, non-default values passed to these functions can lead to unexpected results and how Python 3.9 solved this with two new functions.
Installing the Mobile Security Framework (MobSF) on Windows using Docker
A short article on installing the Mobile Security Framework on Windows utilizing Docker and then using it to quickly analyze an APK.
Review of Data Analysis with Polars Udemy course
A review of the Udemy course: Data Analysis with Polars
Review of Learn Data Analytics with Polars (Python) Course
A review of the Udemy course: Learn Data Analytics with Polars (Python) in just 2 hours!
Review of Learn Github Actions for CI/CD DevOps Pipelines Course
A review of the Udemy course: Learn Github Actions for CI/CD DevOps Pipelines
Python Gotcha: Modifying a list while iterating
Python makes it easy to modify a list while you are iterating through it's elements. This will bite you. Read on to find out how and what can be done about it.
Python Gotcha: List Copy Problems
Copying a Python list (or any mutable object) isn't as simple as setting one equal to another. Let's discuss a better way to do this.
Python Gotcha: Timezone Naive Functions like utcnow() and utcfromtimestamp()
utcnow() and utcfromtimestamp() don't know about timezones and that causes problems. Let's talk about those, how to fix the problem and their recent deprecation in Python 3.12
Ruby Gotcha: Operator Precedence
In Ruby you can use either and or &&. You can use or or ||. What is the difference and what's the catch?
Python Gotcha: Comparisons
Comparing two numerical variables in Python can have surprising results if you aren't aware of some common gotchas. This post covers a couple of the common ones.