Daniyal Ahmed

Python Developer since 2020 | Release Manager for Python 3.8 | Creator of Black code formatter | Contributing to Python's growth and adoption.
131 Posts

How to Create a Spiral Art with Python

I like small projects that give an instant payoff. A spiral is perfect for that: a handful of lines, a press of Run in...

How to Fix HTTPSConnectionPool SSL Errors When Using Python Request

Today, I want to share an experience I had recently while working on a Python project that uses IBM Watson’s Tone Analyzer API to...

How to Fix The Leap Motion Error Device in Python

When I first started working with Leap Motion using Python, I was really excited to build a simple application that could detect hand gestures...

How to Solve BeautifulSoup HTMLParser Fail

When working with HTML data, one common task is parsing and removing HTML tags to extract the plain text. If you've ever tried to...

How to Fix the u2013 Unicode Error in Openpyxl on Python 2.7

I hit this snag while cleaning up an old Python 2.7 box that still churns out reports. One Excel file refused to convert because...