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Programming Languages I Have Known and Loved (and Hated)

raindog308

Jun 25, 2026

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Over my life, I've learned quite a few programming languages. Some I've loved, some I've liked, some I've hated.

Programming Languages I Have Known and Loved (and Hated)

The Linux Kernel Will Soon Be MIT-Licensed and Copyleft Will Be Dead Within 5 Years

raindog308

Mar 08, 2026

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Now that reimplementing software is so easy to do, copyleft is crumbling. The Linux kernel may well be next.

The Linux Kernel Will Soon Be MIT-Licensed and Copyleft Will Be Dead Within 5 Years

Has the Biggest Performance Bottleneck in Python Finally Been Slain?

raindog308

Oct 08, 2024

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The Global Interpreter Lock has been a boat anchor on Python performance. Is it dead with Python 3.13?

Has the Biggest Performance Bottleneck in Python Finally Been Slain?

Enjoy This Index of Thousands of FREE Programming Books! Python, Rust, Javascript, Java, C#, C++, You Name It!

raindog308

Jan 31, 2024

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Looking to learn a new programming language, or polish skills in one you already know? Then you'll want to bookmark this fantastic GitHub resource.

Enjoy This Index of Thousands of FREE Programming Books! Python, Rust, Javascript, Java, C#, C++, You Name It!

Just Published: My Powerball Results Checker Script

raindog308

Sep 05, 2023

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I have a bad gambling habit. I buy Powerball tickets. Since I'm too lazy to check results, I wrote a script to do it for me, and it's up on GitHub now.

Just Published: My Powerball Results Checker Script

How to Permanently Dowload Any Book You Can Borrow on archive.org as a PDF

raindog308

Jul 26, 2023

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archive.org has a digital library that lets you borrow books on an hourly basis. Want to save those books as a PDF for offline reading? We have a GitHub repo and script that will let you do just that.

How to Permanently Dowload Any Book You Can Borrow on archive.org as a PDF

Setup Odoo? Swap out Slack? Create Plugins for Python? Dynamic DNS? We’ve Got the Tutorials!

raindog308

Feb 17, 2023

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Want to setup OpenLiteSpeed on Oracle Cloud arm instances? Need to transfer data between Telegram and your VPS? Want to configure your VPN to exit fast TOR nodes? Check out LowEndTalk's tutorials!

Setup Odoo? Swap out Slack? Create Plugins for Python? Dynamic DNS? We’ve Got the Tutorials!

Free Udemy Courses! Our Community Resource Just Keeps Going

raindog308

Jun 09, 2022

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A while back, we alerted you to a thread on LowEndTalk where community member - and now moderator! - @Arkas shared free courses from Udemy. That thread was started in September and the community is st...

Free Udemy Courses! Our Community Resource Just Keeps Going

Implement a Plugin Architecture in Python with Only Two Lines of Code!

raindog308

May 30, 2022

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I've been doing a ton of Python coding lately and one thing I've really appreciated is how easy it is to implement a plugin system. When would you use this? If you're shipping code, you may want to i...

C# Gaining in Popularity According to TIOBE; Python, C, and Java Still Lead

raindog308

May 09, 2022

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The most recent TIOBE index shows C# gaining significantly in popularity over the last 5 years. "If we compare the current TIOBE index rankings to 1 year ago (May 2021), C# is gaining most popular of...

C# Gaining in Popularity According to TIOBE; Python, C, and Java Still Lead

Config Files are Trivial: Python’s configparser Module

raindog308

May 08, 2022

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As you can probably tell by this being the second Python article this weekend, I've been doing a bit of Python coding, both at work and at home. It's a pleasant language to work in, and one of Python...

Command-Line Argument Processing for the Lazy: Python’s argparse Module

raindog308

May 07, 2022

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Like many of you, I write a lot of throwaway scripts to do a task. These are quick undocumented 20-line blobs of code that do janitorial or maintenance tasks and they're deleted almost as soon as the...

Have You Checked Out Our Tutorials?

raindog308

Nov 25, 2021

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Sure, you come to LowEndBox to get great deals, but did you know you can also learn a thing or two here? We have over 250 tutorials we've published over the years on topics such as Linux VPS administr...

Free Books from Green Tea Press on Python, Java, C++, and Much More

raindog308

Oct 24, 2021

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Allen Downey is a professor of Computer Science at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering in Massachusetts. He's written numerous books and I was delighted to discover that many if not all are a...

Free Books from Green Tea Press on Python, Java, C++, and Much More

RackNerd Giveaway Video #2 Now on LowEndBoxTV: How to Get Free Udemy Courses!

raindog308

Oct 16, 2021

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Would you like some awesome technical education for free? Who wouldn't! Well-known education provider Udemy periodically offers many of their courses for free and LowEndTalk has a thread dedicated to...

Udemy Has Free Courses on Python, Linux, SQL, Machine Learning, and More!

raindog308

Sep 26, 2021

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Training powerhouse Udemy frequently releases free courses for limited time periods. Obviously, their hope is that you'll try out their instruction, like what you see, and then purchase additional cou...

Udemy Has Free Courses on Python, Linux, SQL, Machine Learning, and More!

Instant Reactions to Filesystem Events with inotify

raindog308

May 20, 2021

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The ability to run programs automatically is one of the great liberating powers of computers. In Unix, it's common for users to schedule jobs using cron or at (or with systemd, timers). But what if yo...

raindog308

Feb 04, 2021

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In July 2020, there was a discussion on LowEndTalk about how to monitor new offers on LET. Several solutions were posted, but I think the easiest is to parse LET's RSS feed. In this tutorial, we'll...

How to Monitor New LowEndTalk Offers with Python

Rainbow Stream – Use Twitter From the Command Line on your VPS

Jarland

Mar 30, 2016

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Twitter's versatile platform makes it easy for people to stay up to date on the latest information and news. Did you know that Twitter's API can be rapidly configured to integrate directly into almost...