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Trey Hunner: Installing a custom Python build with pyenv

Link: https://treyhunner.com/2024/05/installing-a-custom-python-build-with-pyenv/

I am so excited about the new Python REPL that will likely land in Python 3.13.
I’ve been following this CPython pull request since I heard Pablo and Łukasz announce their work on the new Python REPL
scikit-learn: Note on Inline Authorship Information in scikit-learn

Link: https://blog.scikit-learn.org/updates/authorship-info/

Historically, scikit-learn’s files have included authorship information similar
to the following format:
# Authors: Author1, Author2, ...
# Li
Eli Bendersky: Elegant Python code for a Markov chain text generator

Link: https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2018/elegant-python-code-for-a-markov-chain-text-generator/

While preparing the post on minimal char-based RNNs,
I coded a simple Markov chain text generator to serve as a comparison for the
quality of the RNN model. That code turned out to be concise and quit
Eli Bendersky: Unification

Link: https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2018/unification/

In logic and computer science, unification is a process of automatically solving
equations between symbolic terms. Unification has several interesting
applications, notably in logic programming and ty
Eli Bendersky: Type inference

Link: https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2018/type-inference/

Type inference is a major feature of several programming languages, most notably
languages from the ML family like Haskell. In this post I want to provide a
brief overview of type inference, along wit
Eli Bendersky: Faster XML stream processing in Go

Link: https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2019/faster-xml-stream-processing-in-go/

XML processing was all the rage 15 years ago; while it's less
prominent these days, it's still an important task in some application domains.
In this post I'm going to compare the speed of stream-proc
Eli Bendersky: My favorite prime number generator

Link: https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2023/my-favorite-prime-number-generator/

Many years ago I've re-posted a Stack Overflow answer with Python code for a terse prime sieve
function that generates a potentially infinite sequence of prime
numbers ("potentially" because it will r
Test and Code: 220: Getting the most out of PyCon, including juggling - Rob Ludwick

Link: https://podcast.pythontest.com/episodes/220-juggling-pycon

PyCon US is just around the corner.  I've asked Rob Ludwick to come on the show to discuss how to get the most out of your PyCon experience. There's a lot to do. A lot of activities to juggle, includi
Python People: Rob Ludwick - Getting the most out of PyCon, including juggling

Link: https://pythonpeople.fm/episodes/rob-ludwick-getting-the-most-out-of-pycon-including-juggling

PyCon US is just around the corner.  I've asked Rob Ludwick to come on the show to discuss how to get the most out of your PyCon experience. There's a lot to do. A lot of activities to juggle, includi
Django Weblog: Last call for DjangoCon Europe 2025 organizers

Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/may/05/last-call-djangocon-europe-2025-organizers/



Note: This text is an updated and clarified version of the previous call. We
have opened up more 2025 event dates; targeting January - April and now also
June 2025.



DjangoCon Euro
Zato Blog: What is an API gateway?

Link: https://zato.io/en/blog/what-is-an-api-gateway.html


What is an API gateway?


2024-05-06, by Dariusz Suchojad



In this article, we are going to use
Zato
in its capacity as a multi-protocol Python API gateway - we will integrate a few popular techn
EuroPython Society: 🐍 Community Call for Venues - EuroPython 2025

Link: https://www.europython-society.org/community-call-for-venues-europython-2025/

Greetings to all community organizers across Europe! 🌍We are thrilled to announce the opening of the Call for Venues for EuroPython 2025! 🌐EuroPython is the world&aposs oldest volunteer-led Python Con
Mike Driscoll: How to Read and Write Parquet Files with Python

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2024/05/06/how-to-read-and-write-parquet-files-with-python/

Apache Parquet files are a popular columnar storage format used by data scientists and anyone using the Hadoop ecosystem. It was developed to be very efficient in terms of compression and encoding. Ch
Real Python: Python News: What's New From April 2024

Link: https://realpython.com/python-news-april-2024/

In April 2024, Python’s core development team released versions 3.13.0a6 and 3.12.3 of the language! The former received several exciting features, improvements, and optimizations, while the latter go
Django Weblog: Django bugfix releases issued: 5.0.5 and 4.2.12

Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/may/06/bugfix-releases/

Today we've issued
5.0.5 and
4.2.12 bugfix releases.
The release package and checksums are available from our downloads page, as well as from the Python Package Index. The PGP key ID used for this re
Robin Wilson: Simple segmentation of geospatial images

Link: https://blog.rtwilson.com/simple-segmentation-of-geospatial-images/

I had a need to do some segmentation of some satellite imagery the other day, for a client. Years ago I was quite experienced at doing segmentation and classification using eCognition but that was usi