Today, around 1 PM, my external monitor and internet went out. I went to check the fuses—everything was fine. I stuck my head outside, looking for a construction bucket that might have chewed through a cable, but found nothing. This had happened a few times before and usually fixed itself quickly, so I decided not to panic just yet. A little later, Tonya arrived from a neighboring town and told me that they had no electricity either—and that the traffic lights weren’t working across the...| Roman Imankulov
In this post, I’m diving into what Cursor, the AI Code Editor, does behind the scenes when I ask it to write code for me. My main goal is to figure out how to craft my prompts for the best results and see if there’s a better way to tap into its workflow. It turns out that Cursor’s prompt structure reveals a lot about how it operates and how to set it up for maximum performance.| Posts on Roman Imankulov
I thought that surprise bills were something that happened to others. Then I paid more than $400 for a service I didn't use. Then I got a refund.| roman.pt
User stories are not feature requests with a cargo culted ticket structure. I'm exploring the proper and uncomplicated use of them in the context of a small team or a personal project.| roman.pt
Some thoughts and takeaways on practical time series caching with Python and Redis from the Dashboards project that I implemented with Anyblock Analytics.| roman.pt
Overview of tools and services to document your Python web application from installation instructions to public API. How to make sure API documentation is in sync with your code. How to serve internal documentation and keep it private.| roman.pt
I restricted the use of dicts in my code to make it easier to follow and maintain. Here's my explanation of the benefits and advice on what you can use instead. Bonus point: what to do with all the legacy code when there's no time to eradicate all the dicts.| roman.pt
I honestly don't understand why some people find it ugly or unpythonic. I try hard to annotate my Python code with type hints and here's why.| roman.pt
Research from Microsoft says that the number of bugs in a file correlates with the number of contributors to it. It goes against common wisdom on sharing knowledge to increase the bus factor.| roman.pt
