Once upon a time in the quirky land of Python, three ORMs walked into a bar. Django ORM, the well-dressed enterprise type. Peewee, the scrappy minimalist hipster. And Tortoise ORM, the async-savvy millennial with a nose for speed. What follows is their group therapy session… I mean, comparison guide. Django ORM What is it?It’s the … Read more
Let’s say you’re building an app. It’s going to be the next big thing. Bigger than TikTok but for spreadsheets. You need to store data, but raw SQL makes you feel like you’re defusing a bomb with chopsticks. Enter SQLAlchemy, the lovechild of Python and databases that says, “Hey, what if we made querying data … Read more
You know you’re a Python dev when “serialization” sounds less like data engineering and more like a Netflix original. Today, let’s talk about three majestic beasts of the Python ecosystem that all do vaguely similar things, have wildly different personalities, and probably wouldn’t survive two hours on a group project together: Marshmallow, Attrs, and Django … Read more
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
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
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
Ah, Flask. If Python web frameworks were a high school cafeteria, Django would be the preppy overachiever planning the next school fundraiser, while Flask would be the cool, laid-back kid in a hoodie, building a startup from their laptop. And yet, despite its minimalism, Flask has built an empire of developers who swear by its … Read more
Picture this: you’re a Python developer with a brilliant idea for a web app, but the thought of wrangling a full-blown framework makes you want to cry into your coffee. Enter Flask — a lightweight, no-nonsense web framework that’s been saving devs from migraines since 2010. It’s like the Swiss Army knife of Python web development: small, … Read more
If you’ve ever written Python code that involves user input, APIs, or databases, you’ve probably spent way too much time validating data. You start out thinking, “Eh, it’s just a string, how bad could it be?” Then one fateful day, your function chokes on an unexpected None, a rogue integer infiltrates your email field, and … Read more
FastAPI — if you’ve been hanging around Python developers, you’ve probably heard this name whispered in reverence. But what exactly is it, and why does it have the Python world buzzing? Let’s dive in and find out why FastAPI might just be the best thing since pip install. What Is FastAPI? FastAPI is a modern, fast (hence the … Read more