Full Stack Web Development and the Battle of the Packages
In a way I’m a very isolated developer. Not in that I work from home, which I do, but I work on Komodo, which comes with its own “stack” (Mozilla) and doesn’t have access to a huge package repository like you would with Node.JS. This means much of the work I do is isolated within this stack, and I only interact with what’s happening in the “outside world” through integrations and side projects. You might get the sense that this is a negative, and certainly in some ways it is, but I consider this a positive overall because, frankly, modern full-stack development sucks.
Python 3 vs Python 2: It’s Different This Time
A difficult decision for any Python team is whether to move from Python 2 and into Python 3. Although this is not a new decision for Python development teams, 2017 brings with it several important differences that make this decision crucial for proper forward planning. It feels like this is the year that we're really seeing the move to Python 3. It has been a long road, but Python 3 may finally have the upper hand.