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Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)

439 points david927 | 2 comments | 29 Jun 25 20:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.661s | source

What are you working on? Any new ideas which you're thinking about?
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marcuskaz ◴[29 Jun 25 21:51 UTC] No.44416786[source]▶
I finally compiled and expanded on all my various blog posts, tutorials and other Python goodness into a book: Working with Python. It is available as a free pdf download at: https://mkaz.blog/working-with-python/

It's grown over a dozen or so years and when I finally decide to compile into a book, everyone now uses AI and no longer read and learn from books but instead through LLMs.

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1. ok_dad ◴[29 Jun 25 22:05 UTC] No.44416934[source]▶
> everyone now uses AI and no longer read and learn from books

Not me, I read the shit out of documentation and also books like yours which distill knowledge from professionals down to a bunch of useful points. I have never not learned something (even if I knew and forgot it) from reading a good book about "Working with X".

Thanks for your hard work, and for giving it away to others gratis.

Edit: the string formatting cookbook has a ton of useful info that I always forget how to use, I'm going to bookmark your site by this page: https://mkaz.blog/working-with-python/string-formatting

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2. marcuskaz ◴[29 Jun 25 23:15 UTC] No.44417507[source]▶
The string formatting article definitely has been my most popular post for years. I'm glad you found it useful, and thanks for the kind words