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In zip() silently dropping data scared me

Parallel lists are fragile in general. Later challenges move to dicts / records, which avoids this entirely.

24 Oct, 17:48 · 1

In Book or videos — what worked for you? Solution

Honestly, I learned more from doing small projects alongside a book than from reading cover to cover. Read a chapter, then build something tiny with it the same day.

23 Oct, 21:13 · 5

In Why is readings[5] out of range with 5 readings?

And for an even number of items there's no single middle. Statistics module's median handles it.

19 Oct, 08:33 · 6

In sys.platform shows "emscripten"?

Same! sys.platform() gives "str object is not callable".

15 Oct, 22:13

In Type hints don't change anything at runtime?

And help(fuel_needed) now shows your docstring. Try it, it feels very professional.

15 Oct, 19:05

In Swapping variables without a temp variable

So it's packing and unpacking in one line. Neat.

13 Oct, 10:07

In Counter vs dict with get()

So it's dict + sensible defaults + helpers.

11 Oct, 15:16

In Nice article, one question about elif vs nested if

"Choosing one of several" vs "second question depends on the first" — clear rule, thanks.

10 Oct, 08:29

In Editor says 3.12 but my laptop says 3.10 — does it matter?

Ah, that explains the error I got last week when I copied something from here. Thanks!

9 Oct, 22:05

In Best space books for programmers?

Ha, that's exactly the kind of thing I'm after.

7 Oct, 21:33