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Coupling 101: Design Choices That Make or Break Your Code | Issue #47

Published 8 months ago • 2 min read

Hi there,

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You’ve probably heard the phrase: “Coupling is bad.” But what if I told you that coupling is actually necessary? The real issue isn’t that your code has coupling—it’s that some types of coupling are worse than others. 🚨
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In this week’s video, I dive into three real-world examples of bad coupling and show you how to refactor them into better designs. We’ll tackle:
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  • Global coupling – Why global variables cause headaches and how to avoid them
  • Content coupling – When modules dig too deep into each other’s business
  • Stamp coupling – The sneaky way dependencies make your code harder to maintain
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Plus, I’ll explain why AI struggles to fix these problems for you (spoiler: design is more than just code generation). 🤖❌

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Happy coding and enjoy the video!

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Cheers,

Arjan

# News

Python’s GIL: A Step Closer to Removal? 🐍

Big news in the Python world: the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) might finally be on its way out! LWN’s latest article dives into PEP 703, which proposes making Python truly multi-threaded. No more GIL bottleneck—just faster, more efficient concurrency. ⚡

The catch? It’s a massive change with big implications for compatibility and performance. Curious how this could reshape Python development? 🧐 Read more here.

Duck Typing in Python: Type Less, Do More!

“If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck…” you know the rest! 🦆 Python’s duck typing lets you write flexible, dynamic code without worrying about strict types. But when should you embrace it, and when does it become a maintenance nightmare? 🤔

Real Python’s recent course dives into duck typing, showing you how to balance flexibility and safety in your code. A must-watch for Pythonistas! 🐍💡Check it out here.

# Community

Ever used a decorator and noticed it messes with your function’s signature or docstring? 🤯 One of our Discord members ran into this exact issue when trying to preserve function metadata while decorating a method.

🛠️ What went wrong?

  • The function’s signature disappeared from tooltips in the IDE.
  • The docstring wasn’t showing as expected.
  • Even using @wraps didn’t fully resolve the issue.

👀 What’s causing it?

After some deep debugging (and a few rabbit holes 🐇), the community discovered a sneaky interaction between type hints and decorators. A small change made all the difference!

Want to know the fix? Curious if this might be affecting your decorators too? Join the discussion on Discord and see the full breakdown! 🚀

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