Kumar McMillan

Most-linked posts?

1. Unicode In Python, Completely Demystified
   11 people · 11 mentions · first linked 2008-03-25
2. /src/secrets/framehack/index.html
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-07-17
3. Secrets of Frame Hacking in Python
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-09-29

What Hacker News says?

1. sitkack · 2019-08-15Recommends

   And the level of mutation one can inflict upon the runtime is magnificent! http://farmdev.com/src/secrets/framehack/ https://github.com/lihaoyi/macropy

   Comment linking /src/secrets/framehack/

   on “Rust 1.37.0”
2. coderdude · 2011-02-26

   Submitted Unicode In Python, Completely Demystified as a story · 107 points

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3. anthonyb · 2011-10-18

   The issue that I have with that attitude (as an experienced Python and Django developer) is that there's a lot more to it than just "swapping out Django's DB and replacing it with SQLAlchemy". You miss out on most of the infrastructure around Django's database stuff that makes it so easy and worthwhile to use. For example, fixtures. In Django, you can include them in your tests and have it All Just Work(TM): https:/…

   Comment linking /projects/fixture/using-fixture-with-pylons.html

   on “Python For The Web”
4. ivankirigin · 2008-03-25

   Submitted Unicode In Python, Completely Demystified as a story · 10 points

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5. sitkack · 2022-05-08

   You golf a lambda and then deride walrus in the same comment? Please explain yourself. And if you really want to make the perfect lambda, you can do that with code generation and frame walking/patching. http://farmdev.com/src/secrets/framehack/index.html

   Comment linking /src/secrets/framehack/index.html

   on “Multiple assignment and tuple unpacking improve Python code readability (2018)”
6. prog · 2010-04-03

   Submitted Unicode In Python, Completely Demystified as a story · 5 points

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7. mace · 2009-05-23Recommends

   Here's another great explanation of Unicode from PyCon '08: http://farmdev.com/talks/unicode/ It is really helpful in understanding Unicode handling in Python pre 3.0.

   Comment linking /talks/unicode/

   on “Dive into Python 3: Strings”
8. iamelgringo · 2010-08-04

   Submitted Unicode In Python, Completely Demystified as a story · 3 points

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9. UpdatedFolders · 2020-08-14Recommends

   I personally had a good time re-reading this over and over again when I was migrating python 2 to python 3, it's a great resource: http://farmdev.com/talks/unicode/

   Comment linking /talks/unicode/

   on “What programmers need to know about encodings and charsets (2011)”
10. pplonski86 · 2018-10-31

    Submitted Some Tips on Working Remotely as a story · 2 points

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11. sukhbir · 2011-12-02Recommends

    To add to this, Kumar McMillan's talk, "Unicode In Python, Completely Demystified" ( http://farmdev.com/talks/unicode/ ) is really good.

    Comment linking /talks/unicode/

    on “How to Use UTF-8 with Python”
12. fidelio · 2015-04-15

    Submitted Unicode in Python, Completely Demystified [Presentation] as a story · 2 points

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13. resiros · 2015-07-17Recommends

    Cool tricks. This lead me to read about the subject of frames in python ( http://farmdev.com/src/secrets/framehack/index.html ). Can anybody suggest advanced Python books to dig out more in such matters?

    Comment linking /src/secrets/framehack/index.html

    on “A self-reference object in Python for recursive calls in lambda expressions”
14. satyampujari · 2013-12-18

    Submitted Unicode In Python, Completely Demystified as a story · 2 points

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15. jdcaballero · 2013-06-10

    Submitted Unicode In Python, Completely Demystified as a story · 2 points

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16. kumar303 · 2012-01-27

    Submitted Let's buy lobbyists to save the Internet as a story · 2 points

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17. kumar303 · 2019-02-11

    Submitted Safer Unit Testing in React with TypeScript as a story · 1 points

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18. PaulHoule · 2017-09-29

    Submitted Secrets of Frame Hacking in Python as a story · 1 points

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19. the_wheel · 2016-12-09

    Submitted Unicode in Python, Completely Demystified as a story · 1 points

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20. kumar303 · 2014-04-09

    Submitted How to protect against Heartbleed and future vulnerabilities as a story · 1 points

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21. pearkes · 2012-05-30

    Submitted Unicode In Python, Completely Demystified [2008] as a story · 1 points

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