Delve into the art of Sargent portraits, exploring methods to render lifelike textures, expressions, and light. This tutorial walks through step-by-step painting techniques, offering guidance for ...

Abstract: Deep packet inspection (DPI) is widely used in content-aware network applications such as network intrusion detection systems, traffic billing, load balancing, and government surveillance.

Thinking about learning Python? It’s a pretty popular language these days, and for good reason. It’s not super complicated, which is nice if you’re just starting out. We’ve put together a guide that ...

I'm an illustrator, but I don't pretend to be the best there is. In each video I will find something in my art process that I struggle with and show you how I managed to overcome it. Sometimes it is ...

Quick: If you shout "regular expressions" in a crowd of Linux users, what happens? Answer: Everyone will tell you the right way to use them, and every answer will be different. Regular expressions -- ...

An experimental ‘no-GIL’ build mode in Python 3.13 disables the Global Interpreter Lock to enable true parallel execution in Python. Here’s where to start. The single biggest new feature in Python ...

Abstract: Code refactoring is an essential part of software development, because it reduces technical debt, enhances long-term code sustainability, and enables the implementation of functionality that ...

“Please say it wasn’t a regex, please say it wasn’t a regex; aww, crap, it was a regex!” That seems to be the conclusion now that Crowdstrike has released a full root-cause analysis of its ...

There are two types of people in the world: those who have no idea what a regular expression is, and those who not only know what they are but can compose them on the fly and tend to use them in ...

I wrote last year about Tinkerstellar, a new iPad app inspired by Apple’s Swift Playground that’s designed to help people learn Python through multiple interactive lessons. Tinkerstellar is now ...