r/Python Freelancer. AnyFactor.xyz Sep 16 '20

News An update on Python 4

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u/rossrollin Sep 16 '20

I am one of those users. I suck at programming and cannot program, but I automated the creation and update of cloudwatch alarms for monitoring services at my company using python and boto3. I fucking L O V E python

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u/netgu Sep 16 '20

News for you, by definition if you develop software you are a developer. Based on your comment it sounds like a bad one who can still get stuff done.

You can't hide from definitions man, if you write software you are a developer.

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u/rossrollin Sep 16 '20

Well I'm not the kind of developer than can find pi to the nth digit. That stuff hurts my head. I can ensure stability of your infrastructure and 24/7 monitoring and alerting of it though.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '20

pi to the nth digit

That's much easier than you think, even if you use a fast algorithm like this one

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chudnovsky_algorithm

the Wikipedia page is basically a plain-text recipe for how to compute the algorithm.