Python package management has long been a struggle. In January 2017, the PipEnv project was started, and by 2018 it became the officially recommended package manager.

It brought a fantastic npm-like experience to Python, with easy configuration via a YAML Pipfile and a straightforward CLI. But then it went dead, not seeing any releases between November 2018 and April 2020. People moved on to Poetry, and I ended up using Conda quite a bit, especially when numpy/scipy was required.

While it does look like PipEnv has seen regular releases since April 2020, I’m seeing more people just use the built in pip+virtualenv tools. Here is how to do that…

Here is how to convert a string to and from base64 from the terminal.

echo "abcdef" | base64
YWJjZGVmCg==

echo YWJjZGVmCg== | base64 -d
abcdef

I can never remember how to delete a remote tag in git. Here is how to do it:

First delete local tag:

git tag -d 12345

Then delete remote tag:

git push origin :refs/tags/12345

It’s often necessary to generate a SSH key. Here is how to do it from the terminal.

brew install imagemagick
mogrify -format jpg *.HEIC

These two videos contain a good intro to Flexbox.
Worth running through whenever you need a Flexbox refresher.

• Lesson 1
• Lesson 2

Here are some code snippets to remember…

A quick refresher on some common git commands we use at EyeSpace.