Log In

Explore the World's Best Ideas

Join today and uncover 100+ curated journeys from 50+ topics. Unlock access to our mobile app with extensive features.

Readability counts.

4

19 reads

MORE IDEAS ON THIS

Simple is better than complex.

4

24 reads

Errors should never pass silently.

4

23 reads

Beautiful is better than ugly.

4

44 reads

Now is better than never.

4

18 reads

Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!

4

19 reads

Complex is better than complicated.

4

28 reads

Explicit is better than implicit.

4

30 reads

Flat is better than nested.

4

26 reads

20th principle

'for Guido to fill in'

OR

it's an opportunity for people to provide their own addition.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4504487/the-zen-of-python-distils-the-guiding-principles-for-python-into-20-aphorisms-bu#24814971

4

17 reads

Unless explicitly silenced.

4

21 reads

Although never is often better than right now.

Although never is often better than *right* now.

4

19 reads

If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.

4

14 reads

Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.

4

22 reads

Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.

4

20 reads

In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.

4

24 reads

There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.

4

21 reads

import this

Long time Pythoneer Tim Peters succinctly channels the BDFL’s guiding principles for Python’s design into 20 aphorisms, only 19 of which have been written down.

https://peps.python.org/pep-0020/

4

24 reads

Sparse is better than dense.

4

25 reads

If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.

4

17 reads

Although practicality beats purity.

4

23 reads

CURATED FROM

The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters

21 ideas

·

478 reads

CURATED BY

Anirban Chatterjee

@anivana

Improve the process

for the love of python!

“

More like this

Practice Focused, Deep Breathing

Try breathing in for 4 counts and breathing out for 4 counts for 5 minutes total. Evening out your breath, you slow your heart rate which may help you calm down.

“It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.”

JOHN WOODEN

Survivorship Bias.

The stories that you read are full of survivorship bias.

You have may be some 3000 weeks before you die. Relax. Remember nothing matters. Remember nothing counts. Remember to not validate yourself on other's scale

Stop.Reflect often and ask yourself 'what counts for me'.

Supercharge your mind with one idea per day

Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.

Email

I agree to receive email updates