Tests aren’t enough: Case study after adding type hints to urllib3 – I read those posts as thrillers (and some of them are the same length :). This post describes the effort of adding type hints to urllib3 and what the maintainers’ team learned during this process. Super interesting.
https://sethmlarson.dev/blog/2021-10-18/tests-arent-enough-case-study-after-adding-types-to-urllib3
Why you shouldn’t invoke setup.py directly – post by Paul Ganssle, python core developer setuptool. TL;DR of the TL;DR in the post – “The setuptools team no longer wants to be in the business of providing a command-line interface and is actively working to become just a library for building packages”. See the table in the summary section for a quick how-to guide.
https://blog.ganssle.io/articles/2021/10/setup-py-deprecated.html
Python pathlib Cookbook: 57+ Examples to Master It (2021) – I had a post about pathlib for a while in my drafts and now I can delete it since this guide is much more extensive. In short, pathlib is part of the Python standard library since Python 3.4 and it provides an abstraction for filesystem paths over different operating systems. If you still work with os for paths this is a good time to switch.
https://miguendes.me/python-pathlib
10 Tips For Using OKRs Effectively – I think a lot about OKRs for my team and moreover on personal OKRs and how to grow both the team and the product. I found this post (and the associated links) insightful.
https://rushabhdoshi.com/posts/2020-06-18-10-tips-for-making-okrs-effective/
How to Choose the Right Structure for Your Data Team – I started with those posts and soon enough read many more posts by y Bar Moses, Co-Founder, and CEO, Monte Carlo. Her posts have two dimensions that are relevant for me – team building (specifically around data-intensive products) and data engineering. If you find at least one of those topics interesting I believe you’ll enjoy her posts.
https://towardsdatascience.com/how-to-choose-the-right-structure-for-your-data-team-be6c1b66a067
https://towardsdatascience.com/7-questions-to-ask-when-building-your-data-team-at-a-hypergrowth-company-dce0c0f343b4
Tom Ron 