An experimental ‘no-GIL’ build mode in Python 3.13 disables the Global Interpreter Lock to enable true parallel execution in Python. Here’s where to start. The single biggest new feature in Python ...

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If there’s one universal experience with AI-powered code development tools, it’s how they feel like magic until they don’t. One moment, you’re watching an AI agent slurp up your codebase and deliver a ...

Learn how Mypy's type checking works with functions and generators. In my last two articles I've described some of the ways Mypy, a type checker for Python, can help identify potential problems with ...

In the spirit of continual learning and, as a follow on to my previous blog, Line Regulation Measurement Coding in Python, I thought I would continue discussing coding for measurements by providing an ...

What first interested you in data analysis, Python and pandas? I started my career working in ad tech, where I had access to log-level data from the ads that were being served, and I learned R to ...