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Zipfile: inspecting an archive before extraction
zipfile can list ZIP members and read individual files. This allows expected names and sizes to be inspected before extracting everything.
Published22 Oct 2026
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Architecture
San Pedro de la Roca: fortification on a rocky promontory
San Pedro de la Roca protected the historic approach to Santiago de Cuba’s port. Its complex combines bastions, batteries, storage and other defensive elements.
Published22 Oct 2026
Food
Sourdough pandesal: why breadcrumbs coat the rolls
Pandesal is a Filipino bread roll, made with ripe sourdough starter in the King Arthur Baking version examined here. Its coating of fine dry breadcrumbs gives the outside a texture dist...
Published22 Oct 2026
Technology
CProfile: locating where a program spends time
cProfile records calls and timing across a Python program. It helps locate actual hotspots instead of optimizing by guesswork.
Published22 Oct 2026
Cars
CeTrax 2: a central electric drive
ZF's CeTrax 2 is a central electric drive for light- and medium-duty trucks. Motor, inverter and transmission are combined in a compact assembly designed to occupy the space of a conven...
Published22 Oct 2026
Technology
Timeit: comparing small operations under defined conditions
timeit measures small code snippets repeatedly rather than relying on one incidental observation. Setup can be separated from the measured operation.
Published22 Oct 2026
Architecture
Old Havana: courtyards and arcades between street and home
Old Havana combines Baroque and neoclassical monuments with houses, arcades, balconies and internal courtyards. The ensemble belongs to a wider port and fortification context.
Published22 Oct 2026
Food
Tamales from Jalisco: wrapping and steam
In the Tamales Tapatios recipe shared by Pati Jinich with King Arthur Baking, corn dough surrounds a filling of already cooked chicken, peppers and tomatoes. The parcels are shaped in c...
Published22 Oct 2026
Technology
Pdb: pausing execution to answer a specific question
pdb supports breakpoints, stepping and inspecting current values. It helps establish where data changes unexpectedly.
Published22 Oct 2026
Technology
Doctest: documentation examples can be executed
doctest finds text resembling an interactive Python session and checks whether execution produces the displayed output. This keeps small examples connected to the actual interface.
Published22 Oct 2026
Technology
Unittest: an expected result rather than merely no error
unittest organizes test cases, setup and assertions. assertEqual() compares an actual result with an expected value and exposes a mismatch.
Published22 Oct 2026
Architecture
Camagüey: an irregular street pattern still has structure
Historic Camagüey in Cuba has winding streets, irregular blocks and a system of large and small squares. Its development does not follow a simple rectangular grid.
Published22 Oct 2026