Thoughts, advice, and best practice tutorials on programming and AIhttps://www.sourcery.ai/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/approving-pull-requests/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/approving-pull-requests/Building an Approval/Rejection Mechanism to Help Teams Move FastTue, 26 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMTBrendan Maginnishttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/code-review-timing/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/code-review-timing/What open source data can tell us about code reviews and attention spansMon, 07 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTTim Gilboyhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/dependency-architecture/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/dependency-architecture/Some guidelines for dependency rules that make a system easier to understand and maintain.Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMTReka Horvathhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/ai-agents-and-code-quality/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/ai-agents-and-code-quality/Pitting 6 AI agents against each other to see who writes better codeTue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTTim Gilboyhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/check-no-refactoring-rule/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/check-no-refactoring-rule/Helper functions make your code more expressive and less repetitive. Assuming that you really use them.Mon, 05 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMTReka Horvathhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/chatgpt-maintainable-code/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/chatgpt-maintainable-code/Delivering and maintaining AI-generated code.Mon, 19 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMTReka Horvathhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/concurrency/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/concurrency/A lunchtime story to demonstrate threading, asyncio, multiprocessing & cloud functionsWed, 17 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTBrendan Maginnishttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/code-review-automate/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/code-review-automate/Embracing tools and improving the feedback.Mon, 06 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMTReka Horvathhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/code_complexity/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/code_complexity/Measuring complexity of your code with two different metrics - Cyclomatic Complexity & Cognitive ComplexityTue, 01 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMTTim Gilboyhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/dependency-rules/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/dependency-rules/Disentangle the dependencies between your packages.Thu, 15 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMTReka Horvathhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/does-bad-code-make-agents-worse/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/does-bad-code-make-agents-worse/Linking code quality, agent effectiveness, and costFri, 25 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTTim Gilboyhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/dissecting-the-google-style-guide/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/dissecting-the-google-style-guide/Breaking down how a code style guide can help speed up engineering teamsMon, 11 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMTTim Gilboyhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/effective-collection-handling/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/effective-collection-handling/A guide to comprehensions, generators and useful functions and classesTue, 18 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMTNick Thapenhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/error-handling-twitter-poll/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/error-handling-twitter-poll/Handling and raising errors in Python plus some novelties introduced in 3.11Wed, 16 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMTReka Horvathhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/explaining-refactorings-1/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/explaining-refactorings-1/Six examples of ways to refactor your Python code, and why they are improvementsMon, 11 May 2020 00:00:00 GMTNick Thapenhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/explaining-refactorings-2/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/explaining-refactorings-2/Six more examples of ways to refactor your Python code, and why they are improvementsWed, 10 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMTNick Thapenhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/explaining-refactorings-3/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/explaining-refactorings-3/Six more examples of ways to refactor your Python code, and why they are improvementsWed, 12 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMTNick Thapenhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/explaining-refactorings-4/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/explaining-refactorings-4/Six more examples of ways to refactor your Python code, and why they are improvementsWed, 07 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMTNick Thapenhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/explaining-refactorings-5/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/explaining-refactorings-5/Six more examples of ways to refactor your Python code, and why they are improvementsFri, 18 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMTNick Thapenhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/explaining-refactorings-6/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/explaining-refactorings-6/Six more examples of ways to refactor your Python code, and why they are improvementsTue, 09 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTNick Thapenhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/explaining-refactorings-7/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/explaining-refactorings-7/Six more examples of ways to refactor your Python code, and why they are improvementsMon, 29 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTNick Thapenhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/explaining-refactorings-8/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/explaining-refactorings-8/Six more examples of ways to refactor your Python code, and why they are improvementsTue, 22 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMTNick Thapenhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/faster-reviews-lower-burnout/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/faster-reviews-lower-burnout/What the Accelerate State of DevOps 2023 report tells us about code reviews, DORA metrics, and performanceWed, 17 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTBrendan Maginnishttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/dont-tell-me-what-not-to-do/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/dont-tell-me-what-not-to-do/On the surprising stubbornness of large language modelsFri, 26 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTNick Thapenhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/five-refactoring-tips/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/five-refactoring-tips/Easy ways to improve and simplify your code, with Python examplesTue, 14 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMTNick Thapenhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/github-actions/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/github-actions/A simple GitHub action for formatting, linting, testing, and building a Python applicationTue, 04 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMTBrendan Maginnishttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/google-cloud-functions/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/google-cloud-functions/Deploying a Python program as a Google Cloud FunctionMon, 28 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMTShanika Wickramasinghehttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/google-python-style-guide/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/google-python-style-guide/A step by step guide towards implementing the Google Style Guide with SourceryWed, 14 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMTTim Gilboyhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/gpsg-sourcery-core/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/gpsg-sourcery-core/How we've been adjusting the Google Python Style Guide for the Sourcery monorepo.Tue, 11 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMTReka Horvathhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/hidden_benefits_of_code_review/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/hidden_benefits_of_code_review/Code Reviews aren't just about the codeFri, 27 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMTTim Gilboyhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/how-to-find-bugs/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/how-to-find-bugs/Best practices for tracking down and resolving software issuesTue, 28 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMTNick Thapenhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/ideals-vs-reality/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/ideals-vs-reality/What the data tells us about teams’ code review practices in the real worldMon, 15 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTBrendan Maginnishttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/impact-of-tech-debt/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/impact-of-tech-debt/How much does technical debt impact teams?Sat, 24 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMTTim Gilboyhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/improving-llm-responses/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/improving-llm-responses/Trying to make optimize review comments for "Usefulness"Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMTTim Gilboyhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/introducing-sourcery/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/introducing-sourcery/Refactor Python instantly using the power of AIFri, 14 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMTNick Thapenhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/maintainability-index/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/maintainability-index/Calculating the Maintainability Index and looking at how you can use it for your projects.Mon, 07 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMTTim Gilboyhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/measuring-tech-debt-interest/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/measuring-tech-debt-interest/Measuring technical debt's ongoing impactThu, 26 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMTTim Gilboyhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/measuring_working_memory/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/measuring_working_memory/The link between complexity, cognitive overloading, and velocity.Mon, 14 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMTTim Gilboyhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/paid-transition/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/paid-transition/Changes in how you can use Sourcery for different types of projectsThu, 09 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMTTim Gilboyhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/pandas-inplace/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/pandas-inplace/And when is the `inplace` argument misleading?Mon, 27 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMTReka Horvathhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/panel-of-experts/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/panel-of-experts/How roleplaying a panel discussion can improve LLM resultsMon, 13 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTNick Thapenhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/podcast__init__/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/podcast__init__/Make Your Code More Readable With The Magic Of Refactoring Using SourceryTue, 30 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTBrendan Maginnishttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/performance-slowdown-in-loop/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/performance-slowdown-in-loop/If it's expensive, only pay it once.Mon, 20 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMTReka Horvathhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/pydata-eindhoven-talk/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/pydata-eindhoven-talk/Refactoring noughts and crosses into the functional programming styleWed, 16 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMTBrendan Maginnishttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/python-pandas-compare-to-none/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/python-pandas-compare-to-none/Truthy and falsy values, None, and comparison in Python and Pandas.Fri, 19 May 2023 00:00:00 GMTReka Horvathhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/real-python-2/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/real-python-2/Measuring Python Code Quality, Simplicity, and MaintainabilityMon, 05 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMTBrendan Maginnishttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/python-docker/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/python-docker/A simple Dockerfile for setting up a perfect Python application using PipenvTue, 21 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMTBrendan Maginnishttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/python-best-practices/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/python-best-practices/Best practices for setting up a project to maintain the highest quality codeWed, 31 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMTBrendan Maginnishttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/real-python/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/real-python/Getting started with refactoring your python codeFri, 09 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMTBrendan Maginnishttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/rethinking-code-reviews/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/rethinking-code-reviews/We need to rethink how code reviews workMon, 11 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMTBrendan Maginnishttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/refactoring-gilded-rose/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/refactoring-gilded-rose/16 steps to transform and simplify the codeWed, 10 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMTNick Thapenhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/review-just-your-changed-code/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/review-just-your-changed-code/Review only the code in your current PR with Sourcery and incrementally improve the quality of your codebase.Fri, 14 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMTReka Horvathhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/reviewing-code-complexity/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/reviewing-code-complexity/Stopping complex code from sneaking into a project during code reviewsThu, 14 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMTBrendan Maginnishttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/rich-in-sourcery-cli/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/rich-in-sourcery-cli/Building blocks of a robust CLI App and how we've implemented them with Rich in the Sourcery CLI.Wed, 02 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMTReka Horvathhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/sebastian-witowski-interview-part-2/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/sebastian-witowski-interview-part-2/Sebastian's work in the Python community: talks, articles, courses. And a favorite topic: developer tools and productivity. Fri, 04 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMTReka Horvathhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/sebastian-witowski-interview-part-1/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/sebastian-witowski-interview-part-1/How to think about working in teams, consulting, setting common standards for your code, and finding a balance in the CI.Fri, 28 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMTReka Horvathhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/small-changes-big-impact/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/small-changes-big-impact/The data shows that small PRs increase velocityFri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTTim Gilboyhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/sourcery-beta-live/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/sourcery-beta-live/Sourcery is in beta - try our AI-powered refactoring in Pycharm now!Fri, 06 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMTNick Thapenhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/sourcery-github/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/sourcery-github/Get an instant quality boost to your open source codebaseFri, 13 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMTNick Thapenhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/sourcery-goes-local/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/sourcery-goes-local/Sourcery will now run locally on your machine, meaning that no code is sent to the cloud. We are also planning to launch into paid beta in OctoberTue, 17 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMTNick Thapenhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/sourcery-pro/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/sourcery-pro/Don't miss out on these powerful new features - write better code faster today.Wed, 02 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMTNick Thapenhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/sourcery-starbot/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/sourcery-starbot/Star our repo to refactor your most popular Python repoTue, 07 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMTBrendan Maginnishttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/sourcery-sublime/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/sourcery-sublime/Instantly refactor your Python codeThu, 10 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMTBrendan Maginnishttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/sourcery-vercel-integration/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/sourcery-vercel-integration/Introducing Sourcery's Native Integration in the Vercel MarketplaceThu, 23 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTTim Gilboyhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/sourcery-vim/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/sourcery-vim/Instantly refactor your Python codeTue, 03 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMTBrendan Maginnishttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/sourcery-vscode/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/sourcery-vscode/Get instant Python refactorings as a VS Code extensionTue, 10 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMTNick Thapenhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/stackoverflow-podcast/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/stackoverflow-podcast/Exploring the magic of instant Python refactoring with SourceryThu, 16 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMTBrendan Maginnishttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/tackling-complex-tasks-with-llms/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/tackling-complex-tasks-with-llms/How we tackle reviewing PRs for code complexity issuesThu, 15 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMTTim Gilboyhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/talk-python/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/talk-python/Refactoring your code, like magic with SourceryFri, 29 May 2020 00:00:00 GMTBrendan Maginnishttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/unit-testing-llm-output/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/unit-testing-llm-output/Setting up unit tests when your code isn’t deterministic anymoreThu, 25 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTBrendan Maginnishttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/testing-sourcery/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/testing-sourcery/Ensuring Sourcery improves code without changing its functionalityTue, 28 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMTBrendan Maginnishttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/untouchable-code/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/untouchable-code/What leads to unmanageable pieces of codebasesMon, 26 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMTTim Gilboyhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/voldemort-rule/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/voldemort-rule/How to ensure that some names just don't appear in your codebase?Thu, 05 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMTReka Horvathhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/what-is-technical-debt/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/what-is-technical-debt/Technical debt can slow down your development, but focusing too aggressively on refactoring isn't always the right decision either.Thu, 26 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMTTim Gilboyhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/why-do-we-have-code-reviews/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/why-do-we-have-code-reviews/What's the point of reviews? And are they actually helpful to the development process?Tue, 06 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMTTim Gilboyhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/why-you-need-code-standards/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/why-you-need-code-standards/Codified standards can help your team be more productiveWed, 15 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMTTim Gilboyhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/will-mcgugan-interview/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/will-mcgugan-interview/Will's journey with Rich and Textual. Including insights about API design and speeding up Python code.Fri, 18 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMTReka Horvathhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/working-memory/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/working-memory/Measuring how hard code is to understand with our new working memory metricThu, 15 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMTNick Thapenhttps://www.sourcery.ai/blog/worst-function-names/https://www.sourcery.ai/blog/worst-function-names/3 unclear function names and how to improve them.Mon, 09 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMTReka Horvath