I am Yasoob! You might know me from Practical Python Projects or the Intermediate Python book.
Welcome to my personal blog which is going to be the new home for all of my old and new articles. You can turn on "dark mode" by clicking on the moon (right before the RSS icon) in the side-bar. I hope you enjoy your stay 😊
I have always been fascinated with barcodes and QR codes. I theoretically knew how barcodes worked but I wanted to solidify my understanding by making one from scratch. In this article, I will take you on a guided tour of how barcodes work and how we can make one from scratch using Python. I will focus on Universal Product Code type A (UPC-A) for this tutorial.
Are you tired of spending tons of money for Mailchimp? Let me show you how to set up listmonk, a free and open-source newsletter and mailing list manager. We will be using docker-compose for orchestration and NGINX + certbot for automated SSL certificates. The final setup will cost you a little bit of effort and $0 in running costs as long as you don't send more than 50,000 emails.
I recently had to make a custom ebook stamping and delivery service for Practical Python Projects book. In this article, I will explain why and how I made this service using AWS lambda as the serverless platform. I will also show you how to use S3 for file hosting, SQS for message passing, SES for automated email delivery, and PyPDF2 + Reportlab + pdfrw for PDF stamping.
I am currently working on a React based app and had to implement prerendering for SEO purposes. In this post, I will show you complete steps for running the prerender.io service on your own server and serve it via NGINX. This will help you improve your app's SEO.
I recently had to implement JWT based auth in a React and Flask based web app. In this post, I will show you how to implement login functionality step by step and deploy the resulting web app using NGINX and Gunicorn. We will be using flask-praetorian for JWT token generation.
Have you ever wanted to post stories on Instagram in an automated fashion? In this article, I will show you how to use Python and the Instagram-API-python library to do exactly that. Fasten your seatbelts and let's get started!
If you are bummed to find out that your local PD and FD have moved to a digital or trunked mode then you aren't alone. In this post, I will show you how to use a cheap RTL-SDR dongle and the SDRTrunk software to snoop the trunked radio traffic in your area.
I just released the alpha version of my much anticipated Practical Python Projects book! It has been two years in the making and I am super excited about its release. In 320+ pages we will implement 12 different projects. I wish I had access to a similar book when I started learning Python.
Have you seen movies where people use a radio to track police? Maybe you have seen the movie Stranger Things and saw the main characters using a radio and an antenna for communication. In this tutorial, I show you how to use a similar portable Baofeng handheld transceiver to track the local police/fire department. It is a lot of fun!
Have you ever had to process some messy data? I recently worked on a project where I had to tame some messy data using Pandas in Python. In this short tutorial, I will teach you some data wrangling basics that will help you process most datasets you will ever encounter in the wild.
