Stephan Avenwedde

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Stephan is a technology enthusiast who appreciates open source for the deep insight of how things work.
Stephan works as a full time support engineer in the mostly proprietary area of industrial automation software. If possible, he works on his Python-based open source projects, writing articles, or driving motorbike.

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Authored Content

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How I destroyed my Raspberry Pi

It's better to measure too often than one time too few. I learned the hard way, so you don't have to.

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Packaging Python modules with wheels

By using a CI/CD build system, providing Python packages in the advantageous wheel format becomes a breeze.

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How to read and write files in Rust

Follow along with this demo to learn how to use the file system module in Rust.

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Write a C++ extension module for Python

Use C extensions to make certain functionality available to you in Python.

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Asynchronous programming in Rust

Take a look at how async-await works in Rust.

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6 Python interpreters to try in 2022

It could be interesting to see how your code behaves on another interpreter than what you're used to.

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Contributed Content

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9 holiday gift ideas for open source enthusiasts in 2022

Our community contributors share their gift ideas for fellow fans of open source.

How to make a lighted, porch bag for Halloween

20 technology horror stories about learning the hard way

Sysadmins, web designers, engineers, and programmers share their scariest experiences on the command line.

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Happy anniversary, Git! Here are our favorite Git commands

For its 17th anniversary, I thought I'd round up the Opensource.com community's favorite Git commands.

30 years

30 things you didn't know about the Linux kernel

The Linux kernel is turning 30 this year.

Authored Cheat Sheets and Downloads

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Doxygen cheat sheet

By Stephan Avenwedde

Doxygen is an open source tool for generating HTML or LaTeX documentation based on comments in the code. Doxygen enables you to provide a comprehensive overview of the…

Blender Hotkey Cheat Sheet

C++ std::cout cheat sheet

By Stephan Avenwedde

The C++ std::cout, from the iostream library, prints text to the console. In C++ applications, cout is the new neighbor of printf. While using printf is still valid, you may…

Blender Hotkey Cheat Sheet

GNU Debugger cheat sheet

By Stephan Avenwedde

Troubleshoot your code with the GNU Debugger. Download the cheat sheet.

Authored Comments

hANSIc99

22 Sep 2022

6 Python interpreters to try in 2022

Hello Greg, yes, CPython is default.

hANSIc99

24 Feb 2021

A friendly guide to the syntax of C++ method pointers

Fortunately, method pointers is usually not needed. Consider you have a central class (like the MainWindow in Qt) and you want to call certain methods of this central class depending on the program flow. That's how I came up with the subject.

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