Posts on Timo's Blog

Python Pass vs. Ellipsis

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 09:00:12 +0100

I’ve recently had a nerdy discussion with a colleague during a code review about when to use Pythons pass statement¹ vs. the ellipsis literal ...²

You’ve probably seen the pass statement in Python code as a means to indicate that a block is intentionally left empty to avoid a SyntaxError. Like in the following except block where we expect that an exception might be raised but just want to ignore it:

Git Rebase vs. Merge

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 21:27:38 +0200

In every team I’ve been part of for the last few years we’ve always had a debate sooner or later if we should use a git merge or git rebase to keep a branch up-to-date with it’s source branch.

This post sheds some light on the pros and cons of both and my opinion on what you should use for your team.

Before I go on, let’s get on the same page what a few terms mean throughout this article:

Oh, Hello!

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 14:00:00 +0200

It’s been a while since I discontinued my old blog with a staggering amount of five posts. Let’s see how it goes this time …

This page is a place I’ll write about things I learned, things I want to teach, things I’m working on and random thoughts. I won’t guarantee any cadance or consistency, but I’ll try my best to keep it around a few posts a month. To keep yourself updated with the content here, you can follow me on Twitter and add the RSS feed to your reader.