Great workflows don’t happen by accident — they’re built through intention, iteration, and small choices that add up. This section is about taking control of your coding experience: streamlining your setup, automating what slows you down, and shaping tools to fit the way you work. From the command line to color schemes, you’ll explore ways to reduce friction, stay organized, and build a development environment that’s not just efficient, but genuinely satisfying to use.
Code happy! (And debug with less hair pulling 😉)
The best way to debug is to avoid bugs in the first place. Clear structure, smart defaults, and automated routines don’t just save time — they prevent errors before they happen. Standardize what you can, automate what you repeat, and make fewer decisions under pressure.
Content Guide
- Tools Overview → Editors, linters, and formatters, oh Py!
- Troubleshooting Basics → Checklist for trouble-shooting and debugging
- Scripts and Notebooks → When and why to use notebooks vs scripts
- How to: Jupyter Notebooks → Intro to using and navigating notebooks
- Binder Quickstart → Intro to using Binder hosted notebooks
- Command Line Interface → Don’t just learn CLI, optimize it
I’ll spend four times longer automating a task than doing it manually — not just because I’m lazy, but because I’m interested. Writing a script is fun. Repeating the same task isn’t. If there’s room for human error, or a chance I’ll need it again later, I’d rather build it right the first time — even if that means diving into the rabbit hole. Hopefully, all the time I’ve spent trying to be lazy makes things a little easier for you, too.
Save Time
Avoid Errors
Create Flow
Create your own paradise.
Improving has no end. Smart decisions now can prevent hours of future pain. Standardize your structure. Automate the annoying stuff. Document to help your team, collaborators, and self.