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Andy Hilliard Andy Hilliard
Updated on December 17, 2024

What’s All the Hype About Hyperspecialization?

The increasing demand for specialized tech skills is changing the nature of software development. Here’s how you can stay up to date.

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Aditya Rawas Aditya Rawas
Updated on December 16, 2024

How to Kill Processes and Free Up Ports on Mac, Windows and Linux

When a computer has too many processes running at once, it can slow down the computer. Here’s how to find and kill running processes on macOS, Windows and Linux  

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Dhananjay Patel Dhananjay Patel
Updated on December 13, 2024

How to Configure C++ Code Formatting in Visual Studio Code

C++ code can be formatted in VS Code to align with Google, Microsoft, LLVM and Mozilla styles. Learn how.    

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Edward Viaene Edward Viaene
Updated on December 13, 2024

What’s the Difference Between DevOps and Platform Engineering?

When should you use DevOps versus platform engineering? Our expert weighs in.

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Dario Radečić Dario Radečić
Updated on December 12, 2024

Python Set Difference: A Complete Guide

Python set difference is a function that returns the elements of the first set that aren’t found in the second set. Here’s how it works with code.

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Dario Radečić Dario Radečić
Updated on December 12, 2024

3 Ways to Add Rows to a Pandas DataFrame

Pandas offers three methods to add a row to a DataFrame, including the append() method, loc[] indexer and the concat() method. Here’s how to do each one.  

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Dario Radečić Dario Radečić
Updated on December 12, 2024

How to Fix ModuleNotFoundError: No Module Named ‘Pandas’

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘pandas’ is often thrown when the Python interpreter can’t locate the Pandas library installation. Here’s how to fix it. 

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Chris Berg Chris Berg
Updated on December 11, 2024

How SMBs Can Use Proprietary Software to Gain a Competitive Edge

Our expert explores how building his own software for his company changed everything — and why you should, too.

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Giorgos Myrianthous Giorgos Myrianthous
Updated on December 09, 2024

Understanding Duck Typing in Python

Duck typing in Python is a term used to illustrate that code will execute an action based on the types of built-in objects being processed. Here’s what to know.  

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Giorgos Myrianthous Giorgos Myrianthous
Updated on December 09, 2024

Linux cp Command: How to Copy a File or Directory

The cp command allows you to duplicate files or directories from one part of the file system to another.

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