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Python Deque Tutorial With 7 Example Use Cases This tutorial teaches the mechanics of the data structure collections.deque, using seven example use cases where deque simplifies the implementation of a function. RODRIGO GIRÃO SERRÃO • Shared by Rodrigo Girão Serrão

Monkeying Around With Python: A Guide to Monkey Patching Monkey patching is the practice of modifying live code. This article shows you how its done and why and when to use the practice. KARISHMA SHUKLA

Six Months With GitHub Copilot Richard has been coding with GitHub Copilot over the past six months, and he’s steadily seen it improve his productivity. Learn how it has changed his coding process. RICHARD LI

Specialized Python Libraries for Unique Tasks Python gets used for all sorts of stuff. This list of libraries highlights just how much is out there. Ranging from quick UI tools to text search, to movie editing. MARINE GOSSELIN

max() is broken The built-in function max in Python is broken and this article explains why, drawing parallels with other programming and mathematics concepts. MATHSPP.COM • Shared by Rodrigo Girão Serrão

A Deep Dive Into Python’s functools.wraps Decorator Take a deep dive into Python’s functools.wraps decorator to learn how it maintains metadata in your code. A concise guide to effective decorator use. JACOB PADILLA

Python’s Soft Keywords Python includes soft keywords: tokens that are important to the parser but can also be used as variable names. This article shows you what a soft keyword is and how to find them in Python 3.12 (both the easy and hard way). RODRIGO GIRÃO SERRÃO