Python -O won’t magically make every script faster, but in the right workloads it’s a free win—here’s how to test it safely.

Think of a REST API like a waiter in a restaurant. You (an app) tell the waiter what you want (your request), and the waiter goes to the kitchen (the server) to get it for you. REST is just a set of ...

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Web scraping tools gather a website's pertinent information for you to peruse or download. Learn how to create your own web ...