This Is Why Your Python Code Turns Into Spaghetti

This Is Why Your Python Code Turns Into Spaghetti | Issue #60

Published about 2 months ago • 1 min read

Hey everyone,

Python’s flexibility is great, but if you're working on a larger project it becomes hard to make sure not everything depends on everything else.

There is a way to avoid that trap, and that's by using abstractions. Unfortunately, I often see production code with way too much coupling that can be easily improved by relying on abstractions.

This week’s video shows simple abstractions using Callable, ABC, and Protocol.

You’ll learn how to:

Reduce unnecessary imports
Decouple your modules
Make your code easier to test and extend

I walk step by step through an example and show how small changes can make your codebase much cleaner.

Happy coding!

Cheers,

Arjan

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