ajalt/fuckitpy
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The Python error steamroller.
27 mentions on Hacker News by 26 people: 8 stories, 19 comments · first 2013-12-06 · latest 2026-04-30
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…their time cranking out sterile soulless SaaS. It’s what separates us from the machines. For now :) https://github.com/ajalt/fuckitpy
comment by Esophagus4 · 2026-04-30 · in I benchmarked Claude Code's caveman plugin against "be brief." -
You can make it production grade if you combine it with https://github.com/ajalt/fuckitpy
comment by kastden · 2025-05-15 · in Python lib generates its code on-the-fly based on usage -
They took inspiration from the error steamroller: https://github.com/ajalt/fuckitpy
comment by Buttons840 · 2024-11-03 · in Get me out of data hell -
> https://github.com/ajalt/fuckitpy 10 years ago this was just a joke, but today, now that we're finally agile enough so that any disorganized jumble of completely unreviewed and unversioned notebooks might suddenly become a production…
comment by photonthug · 2024-08-22 · in Python’s Preprocessor -
Let's not forget this fine contribution to the Python's nest. https://github.com/ajalt/fuckitpy
comment by surfingdino · 2024-08-22 · in Python’s Preprocessor -
Of course, there’s a package for that https://github.com/ajalt/fuckitpy/blob/master/README.md
comment by krallja · 2023-12-23 · in Ask HN: What's your "it's not stupid if it works" story? -
In the same vague theme of "I don't know what I'm dealing with" : https://github.com/ajalt/fuckitpy
comment by cosmic_quanta · 2021-06-16 · in PyWhat: Identify Anything -
https://github.com/ajalt/fuckitpy
comment by loeg · 2020-06-18 · in Why is there a “V” in SIGSEGV Segmentation Fault? -
…know when to stop. I can't help but feel that this discussion crossed that line some time ago. [0] https://github.com/ajalt/fuckitpy#versioning
comment by sifoobar · 2019-02-11 · in What's next for SemVer -
In that case, you may enjoy https://github.com/ajalt/fuckitpy Or its siblings, including https://github.com/mattdiamond/fuckitjs
comment by zbentley · 2018-10-28 · in Hubble is back -
It's effectively biological version of fuckit.py [1] [1] - https://github.com/ajalt/fuckitpy
comment by sannee · 2018-10-19 · in I woke up unable to speak English -
Somewhat related (python not javascript), but not just for CI servers: https://github.com/ajalt/fuckitpy
comment by SEJeff · 2018-09-25 · in Volkswagen – detects when your tests are run in a CI server, and makes them pass -
ה.ג.א is 5.3.1, not 4.8.1: https://github.com/ajalt/fuckitpy/blob/master/setup.py#L16
comment by golergka · 2018-02-28 · in Abusing Python exceptions to turn a recursive function iterative -
This isn't abuse. This is abuse: https://github.com/ajalt/fuckitpy
comment by omginternets · 2018-02-28 · in Abusing Python exceptions to turn a recursive function iterative -
Related: https://github.com/ajalt/fuckitpy
comment by reinhardt · 2015-07-05 · in SlopPy: An error-tolerant Python interpreter that facilitates sloppy programming -
For those who are interested, I'm pretty sure this is what you're referring to https://github.com/ajalt/fuckitpy . It's worth looking into for the documentation alone.
comment by rectangletangle · 2014-10-23 · in “Did you mean?” Experience in Ruby -
The test suite is amazing. https://github.com/ajalt/fuckitpy/blob/master/tests.py def test_chaining(): fuckit(fuckit('fuckit')) assert 'false' # Good thing this isn't PHP
comment by dhammack · 2013-12-06 · in FuckIt.py - The Python Error Steamroller -
…in a silent try-catch block [1]. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_syntax_tree [1] https://github.com/ajalt/fuckitpy/blob/master/fuckit.py#L70-...
comment by jxf · 2013-12-06 · in FuckIt.py - The Python Error Steamroller