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I coded my own Spotify Wrapped with Python, here's how

Wrap your Python skills around this simple project to learn about web programming and the Spotify API.
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fast_double_parser: 4x faster than strtod

Fast function to parse ASCII strings containing decimal numbers into double-precision (binary64) floating-point values. That is, given the string "1.0e10", it should return a 64-bit floating-point ...
People

Billy Strings Says He's Still in 'Denial' Over His Mom's Shocking Cause of Death: 'It Was Just Unnecessary'

The bluegrass musician's mom Debra died of a drug overdose in June Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and her work has ...
Taste of Country

Billy Strings Was Blindsided When He Learned His Mom’s Cause of Death

Billy Strings is opening up about the unexpected death of his mother, Debra Apostal, which happened in June. Strings — whose legal name is William Lee Apostal — says his mom wasn't sick leading up to ...
Rolling Stone

Billy Strings Wants to ‘Honor’ His Late Mom With a New Album Featuring Her Poetry

Billy Strings revealed that he wants to set his late mother’s poetry to music for a potential new album during an extensive interview about drug use and addiction on the Dopey podcast. Strings’ mother ...
Live For Live Music

Billy Strings Finally Gets His Circle Pit At Newark’s Prudential Center [Photos/Videos]

Billy Strings‘ fans finally delivered the circle pit he’s been asking for on Friday night at Prudential Center in Newark—the first of two sold-out shows at the home of the New Jersey Devils. It was a ...