Florian Maas

Software engineer and open source contributor based in the Netherlands. I build developer tooling in Python and occasionally write about things related to coding & data.

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The Slow Collapse of MkDocs

Mar 22, 2026

How personality clashes, an absent founder, and a controversial redesign fractured one of Python's most popular projects.

#Open Source #Python #Longread

Readable code: Writing future-proof applications

Feb 27, 2024

An argument on the importance of readable code, and some practical tips on how to keep your code readable.

#Python

Airflow on AKS: A Step-by-Step Guide to Helm Deployment on Azure

Aug 20, 2023

A practical guide to setting up Airflow on Azure Kubernetes Service leveraging Terraform and Helm.

#Azure #Kubernetes #Terraform #Helm #Airflow #Docker

Deploying infrastructure to Azure using Terraform and GitHub Actions

Apr 2, 2023

In this tutorial we deploy infrastructure to Azure through GitHub Actions by creating a Service Principal and configuring Terraform to use a remote backend.

#Azure #Terraform

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deptry 1.3k

A command-line utility to check for issues with dependencies in a Python project; find unused, missing, misplaced, and transitive dependencies.

Docs GitHub

cookiecutter-uv 1.3k

A modern cookiecutter template for Python projects that use uv for dependency management.

Docs GitHub

cookiecutter-poetry 424

A modern cookiecutter template for Python projects that use Poetry for dependency management.

Docs GitHub