Hi there,
Did you miss me dissecting, analyzing, and grilling your code? Well, the wait is over! ArjanCodes Code Roast is back! 🔥

In this week’s video, I’m diving into a project submitted by one of our community members: Tom Donahue’s Data Validator CLI. It’s a creative and ambitious project with some clever patterns—but also a prime example of how good intentions can lead to over-engineered code.

Here’s what I tackled:

✅ Streamlining overly complex design patterns.

✅ Introducing unit tests to boost reliability.

✅ Polishing abstractions, typing, and overall code formatting.

A huge shout out to Tom for sharing this project—it’s packed with valuable lessons for everyone. 🙌

If you’ve been craving some code roasting, this video is exactly what you need!

Cheers,

Arjan

P.S. 🎄 There won’t be a video next week due to the Christmas holidays, but this week’s video is extra long, enjoy! 🎥✨

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# Community

There was an incredibly insightful discussion in our Discord community about asynchronous programming in Python, and I thought it was too good not to share! If you've been curious about how to efficiently handle multiple requests in Python or want to understand the benefits of using asyncio, this thread is a goldmine.

One of our community members asked for help on implementing async functionality to handle a high volume of API requests. 👉 Click here to read the full thread and learn how to make your Python code more efficient and responsive!

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