--- title: 10 Python Functions That Will Simplify Your Life | daily.dev description: In this video, we will be looking at 10 Python functions that will simplify your life. These can save you a ton of time and a lot of headache, and they get... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/10-python-functions-that-will-simplify-your-life-rqijswnqr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 10 Python Functions That Will Simplify Your Life | daily.dev og:description: In this video, we will be looking at 10 Python functions that will simplify your life. 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If you want to land a developer job check out my program with CourseCareers: https://techwithtim.net/dev 🎞 Video Resources 🎞 Iterators Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3T7hmLthUU&ab_channel=TechWithTim Dataclass Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mMpM8zK4pY&ab_channel=TechWithTim ⏳ Timestamps ⏳ 00:00 | pprint 01:10 | collections.defaultdict 03:28 | pickle 06:35 | any 08:17 | all 10:14 | collections.counter 11:20 | timeit.timeit 12:41 | itertools.chain 16:27 | dataclasses.dataclass Hashtags #python ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@zkillerzjt** · 17 upvotes > Wow python really is very powerful, nice info **@vyva** · 9 upvotes > I'll save u 19 min: > > - pprint (Pretty Print) > - collections.defaultdict (Default Dictionary) > - pickle (Serialize Objects) > - any (Check Any True) > - all (Check All True) > - collections.counter (Count Occurrences) > - timeit.timeit (Time Execution) > - itertools.chain (Combine Iterables) > - dataclasses.dataclass (Data Container) **@marcincuprjak** · 9 upvotes > one tricky case: `all` called with the empty iterable returns True, which may be unexpected: `all([]) -> True` **@talos42** · 4 upvotes > Thanks for the tutorial man! it really made by life easier **@tukanethembelihleennocentia** · 2 upvotes > This was a nice reminder of how easy python is 🫴✨ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#python](https://daily.dev/tags/python) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/10-python-functions-that-will-simplify-your-life-rqijswnqr) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"10 Python Functions That Will Simplify Your Life","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/10-python-functions-that-will-simplify-your-life-rqijswnqr","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/10-python-functions-that-will-simplify-your-life-rqijswnqr"},"datePublished":"2024-08-18T10:53:55.788Z","dateModified":"2024-08-18T10:56:09.571Z","description":"In this video, we will be looking at 10 Python functions that will simplify your life. 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