https://llcawthorne.github.io/tags/python/Recent content in python on Senior Software Engineer Learns Functional ProgrammingHugoen-usSat, 19 Sep 2026 15:00:00 -0400https://llcawthorne.github.io/posts/automate-the-boring-stuff-with-python/Sat, 19 Sep 2026 15:00:00 -0400https://llcawthorne.github.io/posts/automate-the-boring-stuff-with-python/<p><img alt="Automate the Boring Stuff with Python cover" loading="lazy" src="https://llcawthorne.github.io/posts/automate-the-boring-stuff-with-python/images/cover.jpg"></p> <p>Sometimes it&rsquo;s fun to read easy books, and this was an easy, fun book. It didn&rsquo;t go into as much depth about Python as the Python Tutorial on the Python website, but it covered the basics, then went on a romping overview of using all sorts of libraries to perform tasks you might need to perform. Some of the tasks were pretty relevant, like loading an Excel file, working with JSON, or sending yourself an email; others were cool and could be put to creative uses, like driving a web browser with Playwright or working with a SQLite database; and some were kind of niche topics that I&rsquo;d look back up if I ever needed to deal with them, like working with XML, OCR, or speech recognition. They were all kind of fun to play with, so I enjoyed reading this book.</p>