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Checksum Python Script (2019-05-26)

Added a Python script to calculate or verify a file’s checksum/hash/message digest (MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, etc.) to my tools.

Distributing a Python program to Windows users (2016-07-10)

I use Python for several tasks (mostly small routine jobs or one-off scripts; not to devalue the language, I just haven’t used it yet for bigger projects), but since it’s an interpreted language, you can’t easily distribute the scripts to normal users on Microsoft Windows (my main ecosystem), because that platform doesn’t come with any version of Python installed by default.

How to use Notepad++ to create a log file (2013-08-18)

The original Notepad of Microsoft Windows has a nice feature to create log files: Save a new file with the text .LOG as its first characters and a timestamp will be appended on subsequent openings.

Journal #11 (2022-01-06)

Well, looks like I somehow caught a severe case of “summer blues” last year, that’s why I didn’t code much in my spare time in the last couple of months. But now I’m slowly getting back in the saddle.

Python Snippets (2022-02-20)

A collection of code snippets, small pearls of wisdom and bits of knowledge, that may come handy at times.