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How to Calculate the Time Spent in Python

March 5, 2023 / Fatos Morina / 0 Comments

In programming, it’s important to optimize code for performance. One way to do this is by measuring how long it takes for code to execute. In this blog post, we will explore a Python snippet that can be used to calculate the time it takes to execute a particular piece of code.

Python’s time module provides a simple way to measure the execution time of a program. The time.time() function returns the current time in seconds since the epoch (January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC) as a floating-point number. We can use this function to measure the time before and after a particular piece of code and calculate the difference to get the total time it took to execute the code.

How to Quickly Put Days Before Months in Python

December 25, 2022 / Fatos Morina / 0 Comments

The majority of the world puts days in front of months in their dates:

However, there can be cases when you get as input a date where the month is in front of the day.

How to quickly do timezone conversions by only using Google search results

May 19, 2019 / Fatos Morina / 0 Comments

I recently learned a really nice tip on how to quickly find out the time in your local timezone and you do not need any plugin or perform several steps to reach the answer.

Find time differences quickly and easily in Ruby using TimeDifference gem

April 28, 2019 / Fatos Morina / 0 Comments

It is hard to think about a project where you do not have dates and timestamps involved in it. You may need to find the day when a user has performed a particular action, or when an event has occurred and many other cases. TimeDifference is a really helpful gem that makes it really easy to calculate the difference between two time periods. It allows you to calculate the difference in years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds.

How to view the actual time at multiple timezones at the same time in your Mac

March 10, 2019 / Fatos Morina / 0 Comments

With the option to work from home, many companies already have team members that are distributed in different countries, which may also have different timezones. This can make it challenging to keep track of the time, so here is a free tool can help you with that.

Reduce the amount of time you waste online using HabitLab

February 10, 2019 / Fatos Morina / 0 Comments

One of the easiest ways that we can waste our time on is by browsing aimlessly without having defined intentions. Our habits determine are the behaviors that we are doing most of the time and taking the time to build better habits will most likely lead to better lives. This includes building better habits online. A Chrome extension from Stanford is to help us with that.

A quick tip on how to stop sending emails you are not done writing yet

August 19, 2018 / Fatos Morina / 0 Comments

Probably most of us have been in a situation in which we have sent an email that we did not want to send. We might have not finished formatting, or double checking it before the actual sending process, but we hit the Send button. Most of the times, it can be unintentionally, and as a result, we may write one or two PS follow-ups as replies to that email, adding or sending clarifications about certain things that have been mentioned in that email. During this week, I learned a small trick from a friend of mine that can help you in such occasions. Continue reading

Save up time and focus better on YouTube by hiding recommended videos with DF YouTube

April 29, 2018 / Fatos Morina / 1 Comment

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Have you ever gone to watch a short informational or educational YouTube video, only to find out that two hours have passed, and you are still watching many other related videos? If that’s your case, then you are not alone. We all get trapped into this process of mindless watching many YouTube videos without any prior intention. Luckily, there is a really beneficial Chrome extension, called DF YouTube. It hides recommended videos on YouTube and gives you the opportunity to only focus on the video that you are currently watching. Continue reading

Find a reason for saving your time

May 22, 2016 / Fatos Morina / 0 Comments

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I think the number one technique that should be learned about managing time is having a compelling reason to save it. There are a lot of blog posts in the internet regarding this issue of telling you how to manage your priorities in life and thus saving more time for other important things. Being so, there is no excuse for someone to say that I do not know how to manage my time. One thing that I have consistently seen missing from these articles is that they do not put into the question the emotional factors, or reasons that would be as a motivation for a person to be more productive. Continue reading

Our different selves through time that prevent us from a qualitative lifestyle

April 17, 2016 / Fatos Morina / 1 Comment

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In a recent email, the author of the book The Best Place to Work: The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace, Rod Friedman mentioned something very interesting. He told a story that happened to him and his daughter recently. A couple of days ago he went to the cinema with his daughter and although they had an unpleasant experience while watching the movie, they did not recall that particular story that way. They initially did not like the movie and considered it as not worth their time, but later on, as they were thinking a bit differently. They actually did change their opinion about the movie and thought that it was not that bad, and that it did deserve worth a watch. Rod considered this occurrence to happen as a result of our different selves that might change throughout different times. Continue reading