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Audit File Permissions Across a Project in Python

Walks through every file and directory in a project tree and prints POSIX permissions plus owner UID.

file permissions os.walk audit
Python
import os
import stat
from pathlib import Path

def audit_file_permissions(project_root):
    """Walk through project_root and print path, owner, and permissions for every file."""
    results = []
    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(project_root):
        for name in files + dirs:
            full_path = os.path.joi…
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OOP & classes easy

Composition over Inheritance: How to Build a Wallet Account in Python

Demonstrates composition by wrapping a WalletAccount class in an AuditedWallet decorator-like class to add behavior without changing the original class.

composition design-patterns oop
Python
class WalletAccount:
    def __init__(self, owner, balance=0.0):
        self.owner = owner
        self.balance = balance

    def deposit(self, amount):
        if amount <= 0:
            raise ValueError("Deposit must be positive")
        self.balance += amount
        return self.balance

    def withdraw(self, …
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AI & LLM integration patterns easy

How to Log Prompts and Completions as JSONL Audit Files in Python

Read a JSONL file of LLM prompt–completion pairs, compute totals and averages, then write an audit summary with timestamps.

jsonl audit llm
Python
import json
from pathlib import Path
from datetime import datetime


def audit_jsonl(filepath):
    logs = []
    with open(filepath, encoding="utf-8") as f:
        for line in f:
            line = line.strip()
            if not line:
                continue
            entry = json.loads(line)
            logs.ap…
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