Thulani S. Chivandikwa

Each time I want to write a SQL query that modifies the database I find myself having to look up how to correctly make use of transactions…

During the Covid19 Quarantine I decided to exercise my mind a spend a few minutes coding a binary clock. A binary clock is a clock that…

Unit testing is one of the most valueable tools we have as developers to right working code. I have tried out both the inbuilt unittest and…

I often have requests shared in various documentation like in Confluence and it can be annoying for the next person when they have to…

This is my simple to follow type hints guide. Each type hint is introduced with an easy to follow example and explanation. Built in types…

I have a few custom new file templates that I have setup in Pycharm. Adding/Editing is easy (File -> Settings ctrl + alt + s -> Editor…

A few interesting features of Pycharm that are otherwise not commonly known or uses Live templates Live templates make it easy to add…

Continuing on the last post about Context Managers (using directives) I will extend this to how it works with async code. The idea of async…

In my path to mastering python I decided what better way to do so that to teach. To make it even more interesting I am taking this from the…

I recently did a post on the Feature Management library created by the the Azure Team, something that can be used outside of Azure to manage…

Generic Host The WebHostBuilder goodness that allow app configuration and launching for asp.net core apps has been brought to other…

Microsoft.FeatureManagement and Microsoft.FeatureManagement.AspNetCore The Azure team has put out a feature management library that looks…

Thanks to a colleague I go to find out about Dependabot, a GitHub tool that helps manage dependencies and keep a repository secure and up to…

Fun with Figgle Fonts I recently stumbled upon figgle, a .net library that allows ASCII banner generation using 265 FIGlet fonts. I am sure…

I chose Netlify When I decided to start my blog I did a thorough research to see what of the many available options would suite my needs. I…

Below is just about everything you’ll need to style in the theme. Check the source code to see the many embedded elements within paragraphs…