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Python: Package Layout

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Why does OrderOps care about package layout?

Because the team wants OrderOps to be installed, run, and maintained by more than one person instead of…

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Python: Package Layout

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What is the best default for package layout?

Choose the simplest shape that keeps the rule explicit, testable, and easy for the next engineer to read.…

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Python: Package Layout

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How should you explain package layout in an interview?

Lay out the package so names, directories, and imports reinforce the major workflow responsibilities. Interviewers care because structure…

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Python: Package Layout

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What is the main pitfall around package layout?

A confusing directory tree slows onboarding and makes review conversations harder than they need to be. Naming the…

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Python: Package Layout

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What is the core rule behind package layout?

Lay out the package so names, directories, and imports reinforce the major workflow responsibilities. This matters because interviewers…

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Python: Module Boundaries

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What does good module boundaries code look like?

It is explicit about the rule, honest about the data shape, easy to test, and easy to explain…

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Python: Module Boundaries

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What is the next improvement after the first working version of module boundaries?

Clarify one boundary, add one focused test, and remove one avoidable ambiguity. Small improvements that directly reduce risk…

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Python: Module Boundaries

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What anti-pattern should you watch for with module boundaries?

Using the feature to compress code while making the rule harder to test, debug, or explain. Compression is…

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Python: Module Boundaries

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What does a good verbal answer about module boundaries sound like?

Clear, concrete, tradeoff-aware, and tied to one real workflow or bug pattern. Interview answers improve when they sound…

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Python: Module Boundaries

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What senior-level judgment belongs with module boundaries?

State when you would choose this approach, when you would not, and which signal would trigger a different…

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