Mastering Multiple PHP Versions on GoDaddy’s Web Hosting Plus Expand Plan

So, you’ve decided to host multiple websites on GoDaddy’s Web Hosting Plus Expand plan, and each site insists on a different PHP version. It’s like hosting a dinner party where one guest demands vegan sushi, another craves a well-done steak, and someone else just wants a bowl of cereal. Fear not! With a pinch of … Read more

Marching Forward: A Look Back at March and What’s Brewing for April

Okay, so yes — there was a post on April 1st claiming to be the monthly review, but if you read it and thought, “Really? That’s it?” — you weren’t wrong. That was our annual April Fools’ special. This? This right here is the real March review. Scout’s honor. Medium Blog Highlights March was no slouch. Over on Medium: … Read more

spaCy: The NLP Library That Probably Drinks Espresso and Speaks 8 Languages

Ah, spaCy. The name alone sounds like a chill resort for code, where data gets pampered with syntactic massages and token facials. But spaCy is not a spa. It’s an industrial-strength Natural Language Processing (NLP) library in Python. And it means business. Fast, efficient, and clearly doing squats on the weekends, spaCy is the muscle-bound … Read more

How to Train Your AI Dragon: Crafting the Perfect AI Art Prompt Prompt

Gather round, lovers of pixels and prompt engineering, because today we embark on a journey to answer the question no one has ever dared ask out loud: What if we engineered a prompt to generate the perfect prompt… for generating art? Yes. We’re making a prompt prompt. This isn’t just prompt-ception. This is the IKEA … Read more

The March That Wasn’t: Your Totally Legit April Fools Review (Wink Wink)

Let’s get this out of the way right now: everything you’re about to read is true… in the same way that unicorns are just shy horses with glitter. Welcome to the April Fools Edition of our monthly blog — where we tell you March was magical, metrics soared, and people couldn’t stop clicking, when in reality… well, … Read more

Sanic: The Speedy Python Web Framework You Didn’t Know You Needed

Ever felt like your web applications were trudging through molasses? Enter Sanic, the Python web framework that’s here to put some pep in your app’s step. It’s like giving your project a double shot of espresso — fast, efficient, and ready to tackle the day. What Is Sanic? Sanic is a Python 3.8+ web server and framework designed … Read more

Starlette: The Python Web Framework That’s Faster Than Your Coffee Machine

Let’s talk about Starlette, the web framework that sounds like a sparkly intergalactic pop star but is, in fact, a blisteringly fast ASGI toolkit for building web services in Python. It’s lightweight. It’s opinionated-but-chill. And it doesn’t bring a truckload of dependencies to your backyard barbecue. What Is It? Starlette is a high-performance ASGI (Asynchronous … Read more

How to Upscale 12 Images 10X on a Mac Without Breaking a Sweat (or Paying a Dime)

So you’ve got a dozen images — half of them .jpg, the other half .webp because the internet is chaotic like that—and you need to upscale them by 10X. Not 2X. Not 4X. Ten. You want to take a humble 500×500px image and turn it into a majestic 5000×5000px beast. Here’s the twist: you’re on a Mac, and you … Read more

The End is Nigh-ish? Friday Night Laughs #32

Well, here we are — possibly the final curtain for Friday Night Laughs. Or maybe just an intermission. Or maybe I just accidentally sat on the keyboard again and hit “publish.” But if this is the end, let’s go out with the comedic equivalent of a marching band, fireworks, and a confused duck in a monocle. Buckle … Read more

Flask-RESTful: The API Microframework That Could

Ah, Flask-RESTful. The duct tape of Python APIs. Elegant as a penguin in a tuxedo, yet scrappy enough to survive in the wild world of web dev. If you’ve ever wanted to build an API without spinning up the Death Star (we’re looking at you, Django REST Framework), then buddy, you’re in the right place. … Read more