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The Quiet Design Choices Behind a 50-Line CLI Tool

I'm building a CLI tool that scans a directory and sorts files into folders by type. Small in scope, but every small tool still forces real design decisions. Here are three from this week, and the reasoning behind each. pathlib over os.path I chose pathlib over os.path for one core reason: paths aren't strings, and treating them as strings invites bugs a purpose-built API already solves. os.path…

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