#586 – JULY 18, 2023
Mazes in Python Part 2: Storing and Solving
In part two of this two-part project, you’ll define a specialized binary file format to store a maze on disk, transform the maze into a traversable weighted graph, and use a graph search algorithm in the NetworkX library to find the solution.
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How We Organise Our Very Large Python Monolith
Kraken Technologies is an environmental tech company that does a lot of Python development. One of their applications is a monolith with over 27k modules. This article outlines how they keep all this organized and running.
DAVID SEDDON
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7 Ways to Share a NumPy Array Between Processes
If you’re doing multi-processing with NumPy you will need to pass arrays between processes. This article covers different ways of doing just that.
JASON BROWNLEE
Python 3.12.0 Beta 4 Released
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Articles & Tutorials
Unlock IPython’s Magical Toolbox for Your Coding Journey
IPython is a powerful tool that can prove useful on your journey to mastering Python. Its friendly interface will enable you to comfortably take control of your learning. In this tutorial, you’ll cover the basic concepts of using IPython and learn how its features can make coding efficient.
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Django: Find Test Flakiness by Randomly Ordering QuerySets
Sometimes code depends on the order of a QuerySet while not specifying an order. This can lead to random, flaky test failures because databases can return rows in any order when none is specified. Learn how to randomly order your QuerySet when under test to detect this weird problem.
ADAM JOHNSON
Automate Slack and Microsoft Teams Notifications using Python
Integrating with the Slack and Microsoft APIs is fairly straightforward, implementing these tools as a part of a full-featured notification system that embeds with your app experience can be far more daunting. Make these tools a seamless part of how your app communicates with users. Learn how →
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Python and Rust Async Web Server Performance
This post compares asynchronous web performance between a Python application using Uvicorn and a Rust application using Axum. A similar data-serving program is written in both applications with very little performance difference.
JOHN LOCKWOOD
Security Developer-in-Residence: Weekly Report #2
The new Security Developer-in-Residence at the Python Software Foundation writes about the Software Bill of Materials and how it can programmatically tell you exactly what is in a distribution, including compiled libraries.
SETH LARSON
Jupyter Widgets Made Easy With anywidget
“anywidget is a Python library that makes it simple and enjoyable to create custom Jupyter Widgets.” It allows for quick prototyping, and because it is Python can be used across environments.
TREVOR MANZ
Adding Tail Call Optimization to Python
Tail call optimization is a technique provided in some languages to avoid growing the stack with recursive algorithms. Python doesn’t have it, but this article shows how you can build it.
JONAS OTTEN
How Python Uses Garbage Collection
This article outlines how Python stores variables as references and how that relates to memory management.
KARISHMA SHUKLA
State of WASI Support for CPython: June 2023
This post from Brett covers the current state of WebAssembly targets in Python.
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Ode to Ptyon
A lighthearted poem about a certain well-known programming language.
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The Problem With LangChain
LangChain is a Python and JavaScript library for interfacing with OpenAI’s GPT and other models for text generation. But, it “is complicated, so it must be better. Right?”
MAX WOOLF
Projects & Code
Neurokernel: Platform to Emulate a Fruit Fly Brain
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panflute: Filters for Pandoc
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GPTerm: Turn Plain Text Into Shell Commands
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litechain: Build Robust, Composable LLM Applications
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quart: An Async Python Micro Web Framework
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EuroSciPy Aug 14-18, Early Bird Tickets Available
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July 19, 2023
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July 20, 2023
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July 20, 2023
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PyLadies Dublin
July 20, 2023
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Chattanooga Python User Group
July 21 to July 22, 2023
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PyHEP.dev 2023
July 25 to July 29, 2023
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Happy Pythoning!
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