Unanswered Questions
322 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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How to authenticate third-party callbacks that don't support authentication
I'm working on a project that integrates with a third-party service via API, and the third-party uses callbacks to update us on the status of the operations being performed. These callbacks can be hit ...
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Data processing pipeline design for processing data
I have a use case for which I need to build a data processing pipeline
Customer contact leads data coming from different data sources like csv, data base, api has to be first mapped to a universal ...
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Python and C++ repository structure
I'm refactoring the directory structure of a large Python repo that has a few dozen C and C++ files littered throughout. Is there a suggested architecture for a Python package that contains C/C++ code ...
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Component needs to invoke class methods and instance methods (via ORM), how to structure
An interesting design choice/discussion has cropped up in code review, and I would like to understand more about proposed solutions. The original review includes re-factoring of a messy piece of code ...
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Calculating the multiplicative inverse of a number in a Galois field
I was told to come here from Stack Overflow because I was "looking for an algorithm". I'm trying to implement it in Python, but there is nowhere on the net that gives a straightforward way for ...
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Sharing identical events, with differing scopes, between client and server libraries, in a micro-service architecture
I have a shared user repository (id, name, e-mail, password, etc.) exposed as a REST service - and multiple independent websites accessing this REST service (from the back-end) as a means of sharing a ...
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How to Use Python as a "Macro" runner for a C# Application
I am working on an application that the user may wish to automate some features of (but we don't know what at the moment) I would like to provide them some kind of scripting interface so they can play ...
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Structuring a multi-language project?
I'm working on a project which involves writing code for multiple devices, each in its own language (in particular, Arduino and Python). I want to contain the entire project in a single directory, but ...
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Where to store formulas and formula "constants"?
I want to implement a database driven payroll system using CSharp. I already did it once, but the implementation sucks so I want to do it again and do it right.
My first thought is to create a static ...
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Best way to build a JSON API coupled with HTML views in a Rails project
I've got a Rails eCommerce project communicating with an iOS app. The iOS app receives JSON data from the Rails back-end, but there's also HTML rendering when a user comes to the project from his ...
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Confused about how to test Python scripts that install and configure a development setup on OSX (VMware? Docker-OSX?)
In my company we hire engineers for various "disciplines"—iOS, Android, Web, Backend, Data, etc. Engineers follow an onboarding workbook to install what they need for their discipline. iOS ...
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How to structure python modules/packages according to dependecy inversion
If I am working on a project, say it has this file structure:
car/
body/
__init__.py
doors.py
bonnet.py
engine/
cyclinderhead/
__init__.py
pistons.py
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Architecture and Security in a Web/Native app while generating PDFs
I am trying to make a system where a user can view/download his statements (say salary slips). The user will have ability to download PDF versions of these statements and can also save them to Google ...
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Can/Should I make an automatic installation of new python libraries after a git pull?
Imagine the following situation:
I'm working on a python project, and I install the library antigravity with pip.
I add the function fly() which uses the library, and I commit and push the changes.
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Python3: How to change the design of a class hierarchy to improve access to objects there buried?
I asked this question already at stackoverflow together with a serialization related part and at codereview for the design part only. Since the design related part receives no answers or comments on ...