Have You Used Python in Unexpected Ways?

Back when I was brewing beer still, I used Python with GPIO on a Raspberry Pi to read Bluetooth off of a bluetooth hydrometer with thermometer, and then manage temperature of fermenting beer with a heat wrap and a home-made water chiller in a mini fridge.

The code wasn’t very elegant, but it got the job done.

If you ask me the same question regarding Perl, C, or coldfusion, I will have good stories there as well.

We ran Python 3.4 on board of satellites 🛰️ lots of old-style asyncio code (no async/await yet!) and lots of fun 😃

Almost used Python to automatically backup the OneTab import-export extension page since I once installed the malawre version and lost all the important tabs there because Microsoft Edge blocked it recently

When in need spawning simple ad-hoc webserver:
nohup python3 -m http.server 80 > /dev/null 2>&1 &

I used python to automate my website

I used python to automate a youtube channel! I wrote a blog post here if you want to know more about it :)

Often times, in docker containers, I unzip files, thanks to the zipfile python module.😝

I used python to check vaccination slots during covid.