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Welcome to my corner of the internet - my name is Ratul Maharaj. I'm often experimenting with a variety of tech tools or trying to teach myself something new. This blog is intended to remind me of what, how or why I did something in the past. Hope you find it useful.

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Latest Posts

May 15, 2023

Proxying pip

How to install python packages with pip when you're behind a company firewall.

python pip
May 14, 2023

Sharing is caring

My thoughts on sharing python code with other users.

python packaging
Nov 8, 2022

File handling with python

Using python to read, write and delete files.

python functions
Oct 31, 2022

Basic functional programming in python

And why the func should you care?!

python functions
Jul 16, 2020

Python's virtual environments

The venv module and how to use it.

python
Apr 21, 2020

Data types in python

An exploration of various pythonic data types.

python
Mar 29, 2020

Get started with python

Everything you need to start writing code in python.

python

Latest Code Snippets

Nov 28, 2022

nightwind.yaml

A custom warp terminal theme.

warp theme terminal
Nov 13, 2022

componentDotNotation.jsx

Using JSX component dot notation.

javascript jsx react til
Sep 15, 2022

sqlalchemy_get_engine.py

A simple function that creates a reuseable SQLalchemy engine.

python sqlalchemy
Sep 13, 2022

UseLocalStorage.js

React hook for persisting state in local storage.

javascript react hooks

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