Miguel Brito

@miguendes

Machine Learning Software Engineer - Hobbyst Technical Writer - Interested in Software Testing, Best Practices, Scalability, and Python.

London, UKJoined August 2020

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AI Software Engineer based in London, UK with 6+ years of professional experience developing and releasing software in different programming languages - Hobbyist Technical Writer - Interested in Software Testing, Best Practices, Scalability, Machine Learning/AI, and Python.

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The Best Ways to Compare Two Lists in Python

A while ago I wrote a guide on how to compare two dictionaries in Python 3, and how this task is not as simple as it might sound. It turns out comparing two lists in Python is just so tricky as comparing dicts. The way we've been taught to compare tw...

Dec 12, 202117 min read

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How to Compare Two Strings in Python (in 8 Easy Ways)

Comparing strings is a fundamental task common to any programming language. When it comes to Python, there are several ways of doing it. The best one will always depend on the use case, but we can narrow them down to a few that best fit this goal. In...

Nov 28, 202112 min read

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Pylint: How to fix "c0209: formatting a regular string which could be a f-string (consider-using-f-string)"

Some weeks I ago I faced this problem in one of my projects after upgrading pylint to 2.11. The error was: script.py:7:8: C0209: Formatting a regular string which could be a f-string (consider-using-f-string) At first I found it very confusing; my c...

Nov 14, 20213 min read

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Python pathlib Cookbook: 57+ Examples to Master It (2022)

When I started learning Python, there was one thing I always had trouble with: dealing with directories and file paths! I remember the struggle to manipulate paths as strings using the os module. I was constantly looking up error messages related to ...

Oct 31, 202129 min read

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How to Disable Autouse Fixtures in pytest

pytest is a very robust framework that comes with lots of features. One such feature is the autouse fixtures, a.k.a xUnit setup on steroids. They are a special type of fixture that gets invoked automatically, and its main use case is to act as a set...

Oct 17, 20215 min read

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Recently published

The Best Ways to Compare Two Lists in Python

How to Compare Two Strings in Python (in 8 Easy Ways)

Pylint: How to fix "c0209: formatting a regular string which could be a f-string (consider-using-f-string)"

Python pathlib Cookbook: 57+ Examples to Master It (2022)

How to Disable Autouse Fixtures in pytest