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Comtypes: How Dropbox learned to stop worrying and love the COM - Dropbox

https://dropbox.tech/infrastructure/adventures-with-comtypes

“Comtypes: How Dropbox learned to stop worrying and love the COM // By Alicia Chen • Oct 04, 2012 Here at Dropbox, we often use Python in uncommon ways. Today, I’ll be writing about a module that few Python users have even heard of before—comtypes. Comtypes is built on top of ctypes and allows...” (from the page’s text)

In short: Discover how Dropbox leveraged COM (Component Object Model) with Comtypes to automate code generation and boost efficiency. Learn from Dropbox's experience! (AI summary)

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