Python is too easy

The trouble with python is, it’s too easy.

I have been procrastinating from working on a little script I needed– to split up files into media-sized chunks for backup– because I figured it’d be a pain in the ass.

Then tonight I started idly investigating what libraries and crap I’d need in order to make it work, i.e. os.stat(path)[7] to get the file size, etc. I copied these into an emacs buffer so I didn’t forget them.

I looked at the emacs buffer, and the little script is done.

I found this scary. It was like doing automatic writing and having a coherent story come out.