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Michael Foord: Some Personal History with Python

Link: https://agileabstractions.com/personal-history-python/



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Written in 2021.

IronPython in Action was published on the 7th April 2009 and we sold a little over 7000 copies.
Royalties for last quarter amounted to $25.
It took me two years to write thirteen
Michael Foord: Python Metaclasses in Eight Words

Link: https://agileabstractions.com/metaclasses-in-eight-words/


Python metaclasses, considered advanced programming and Python “black magick” (*) explained in eight words:
The type of a class is a class.
Here’s what knowledge of Object Oriented theory and type sy
Michael Foord: Current Generative AI and the Future

Link: https://agileabstractions.com/gen-ai/


I’ve seen this meme a bunch of times recently. I always reply; what is asserted without evidence may be dismissed without consideration.
Current Gen AI is flawed by hallucination issues, mired in cop
Armin Ronacher: What if My Tribe Is Wrong?

Link: http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2024/11/8/what-if-my-tribe-is-wrong

I wrote in the past about how I'm a pessimist that strives for positive
outcomes. One of the things
that I gradually learned is is wishing others to succeed. That is
something that took me a long ti
Real Python: The Real Python Podcast – Episode #227: New PEPs: Template Strings & External Wheel Hosting

Link: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/227/

Have you wanted the flexibility of f-strings but need safety checks in place? What if you could have deferred evaluation for logging or avoiding injection attacks? Christopher Trudeau is back on the s
Glyph Lefkowitz: It’s Time For Democrats To Get More Annoying

Link: https://blog.glyph.im/2024/11/its-time-for-democrats-to-get-more-annoying.html

Kamala Harris lost. Here we are. So it goes.
Are you sad? Are you scared?
I am very sad. I am very scared.
But, like everyone else in this position, most of all, I want to know what to
do next.
A
Django Weblog: Announcing DjangoCon Europe 2025 in Dublin, Ireland! 🍀

Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/nov/11/announcing-djangocon-europe-2025-in-dublin-ireland/

We're thrilled to announce the much-anticipated return of DjangoCon Europe, set to take place in the vibrant city of Dublin, Ireland, in 2025! DjangoCon Europe has been a cornerstone of the Django com
death and gravity: reader 3.15 released – Retry-After

Link: https://death.andgravity.com/reader-3-15

Hi there!
I'm happy to announce version 3.15 of reader, a Python feed reader library.
What's new? #
Here are the highlights since reader 3.13.
Retry-After #
Now that it supports scheduled updates,
rea
Programiz: Python f-string

Link: https://www.programiz.com/python-programming/fstring

A Python f-string (formatted string literal) allows you to insert variables or expressions directly into a string by placing them inside curly braces {}. In this tutorial, you will learn about the Pyt
Quansight Labs Blog: The Polars vs pandas difference nobody is talking about

Link: https://labs.quansight.org/blog/dataframe-group-by

A closer look at non-elementary group-by aggregations
Real Python: Python News Roundup: November 2024

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

The latest Python developments all point to the same thing—Python is currently thriving. The recent GitHub Octoverse 2024 report has revealed that Python is now the most used language on GitHub. Also,
Eli Bendersky: ML in Go with a Python sidecar

Link: https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2024/ml-in-go-with-a-python-sidecar/

Machine learning models are rapidly becoming more capable; how can we make
use of these powerful new tools in our Go applications?
For top-of-the-line commercial LLMs like ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude, t
Python⇒Speed: Using portable SIMD in stable Rust

Link: https://pythonspeed.com/articles/simd-stable-rust/

In a previous post we saw that you can speed up code significantly on a single core using SIMD: Single Instruction Multiple Data.
These specialized CPU instructions allow you to, for example, add 4 va
Real Python: Formatting Floats Inside Python F-Strings

Link: https://realpython.com/courses/format-floats-f-strings/

You’ll often need to format and round a Python float to display the results of your calculations neatly within strings. In earlier versions of Python, this was a messy thing to do because you needed t
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #655 (Nov. 12, 2024)

Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/655

#655 – NOVEMBER 12, 2024 View in Browser » Introduction to Web Scraping With Python In this video course, you’ll learn all about web scraping in Python. You’ll see how to parse data from website
Bojan Mihelac: Django cookie consent application

Link: http://code.informatikamihelac.com/en/django-cookie-consent-application/

django-cookie-consent is a reusable application for managing various cookies and visitors consent for their use in Django project.