Archive - The Python Coding Stack

1. From Answer to Outcome

Something has shifted in how we use AI.

May 24 • Stephen Gruppetta

Table of Contents • Agents Unpacked

Here’s the planned Table of Contents.

May 24 • Stephen Gruppetta

Stephen's Preface to Agents Unpacked

Why I Build an Agent to Teach Me About Agents, Using My Own Teaching Style

May 24 • Stephen Gruppetta

How I Learn (2026 Version) • My Tutor Agent

…and you'll be able to see my new system at work with two new sections here on The Python Coding Stack

May 21 • Stephen Gruppetta

Do You Get It Now?

Python's `.__getitem__()`, `.__getattr__()`, `.__getattribute__()`, and `.__get__()` • What's The Difference? • Let's clear the confusion

May 4 • Stephen Gruppetta

April 2026

Doubling Down on Python in The Age of AI

…and why you haven’t seen AI posts on here (yet)

Apr 24 • Stephen Gruppetta

March 2026

3 • 7600 • 33 • 121 • When Python Stacks Up

When I was a child, I used to pace up and down the corridor at home pretending to teach an imaginary group of people.

Mar 24 • Stephen Gruppetta

The Weird and Wonderful World of Descriptors in Python • The Price is Right

The Weird and Wonderful World of Descriptors in Python • Let’s demystify one of the trickiest topics around

Mar 15 • Stephen Gruppetta

Field Notes: First, Second, and Five Hundred and Twenty-Third • [Club]

Have you ever needed to convert numbers like 22 into the string “twenty-two” or 523 into “five hundred and twenty-third”?

Mar 9 • Stephen Gruppetta

You Store Data and You Do Stuff With Data • The OOP Mindset

Why use classes and objects?

Mar 5 • Stephen Gruppetta

February 2026

“Python’s Plumbing” Is Not As Flashy as “Magic Methods” • But Is It Better?

Dunder methods are the pipes and valves that are out of sight, but that keep everything flowing in Python

Feb 24 • Stephen Gruppetta

The Journey From LBYL to EAFP • [Club]

When it’s OK to just go for it and see what happens

Feb 19 • Stephen Gruppetta