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Re:Python programming is drowning in red tape by etaioinshrdlu on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @01:19AM (#22874776)
> As I adventured in this petty task, it’s worth nothing the amount of red tape required to setup a python project today. You need:

I have never used most of those tools and I've been knee deep in Python for ~4 years. Go look at some of your favorite pypi libraries, chances are they are using a small fraction of those tools as well.

The author is making things overly complicated, but it's all self-inflicted. Just code and be happy.

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Re:Python programming is drowning in red tape by nerdbaggy on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @01:26AM (#22874811)
The PEP8 style guide even says don’t use it if

“When applying the guideline would make the code less readable, even for someone who is used to reading code that follows this PEP.”

https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/

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Re:Python programming is drowning in red tape by pdonis on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @01:24AM (#22874801)
> The author is making things overly complicated, but it's all self-inflicted.

My reaction exactly.

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Re:Python programming is drowning in red tape by firefwing24 on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @02:17AM (#22875105)
Author didn't even take the time to look at what pre-commit does.
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Re:Python programming is drowning in red tape by underyx on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @08:20AM (#22876838)
And acts as if their project won't work unless they add a code of conduct?
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