Hi there,

Ever wondered whether you should go functional or stick with object-oriented programming? Today I’ll dive into the pros and cons of both and show you how to blend them for the best of both worlds! 🔥

In this week’s video, I refactor some tricky code with surprising results, exploring the eternal debate of functional versus object-oriented programming. I’ll show you a fun word puzzle generator powered by Python and AI and explain why it’s called a “Philippine” puzzle—it involves almonds, believe it or not! 🥜

Learn how moving methods out of classes can simplify your code, discover the power of function composition and closures, and learn to avoid the dreaded “God class” for cleaner design. 🤓

Enjoy the video and happy coding!

Cheers,

Arjan

# News

Python Metaclasses

This week’s blog dives into the world of metaclasses in Python! 🐍 Learn how metaclasses act as blueprints for defining classes, enabling the customization of class behavior, enforcing coding standards, and more.

Explore practical examples and discover built-in metaclasses like type, ABCMeta, and EnumMeta from Python’s standard library. 🛠️

The article will help you understand when and why to use this powerful feature in your projects, including specific use cases and scenarios where metaclasses can significantly enhance your code. 💡 Click here to read the full blog.

Why Facebook doesn’t use Git

Greg Foster recently published an interesting blog post on why Facebook chose Mercurial over Git for its version control system. 🖥️

He dives into Facebook’s need for better performance and extensibility and how Mercurial’s architecture and community support led to this pivotal decision.

If you are a tech enthusiast interested in the history and evolution of source control tools, click here to read the full post.

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Having trouble scaling your FastAPI service?

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Join our Discord server to read the full thread on optimizing FastAPI for handling concurrent requests, improving performance with async routes, offloading heavy tasks, and more. 🌟

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