Mahnwache auf dem Vorplatz des Jüdischen Museum Frankfurt. Foto: Rafael Herlich.
🎗️ THEY ARE HOME: Nach dem jüdischen Kalender sind nun nach genau zwei Jahren an dem Tag, an dem Simchat Tora, das Fest der Torafreude, beginnt und an dem das Massaker von Hamas in Israel stattfand, die letzten 20 noch lebenden Geiseln freigelassen worden. 🧵
it is absolutely wild to me that free-threaded python is stable, production-worthy
they straight-up dropped the GIL. Python used to be not actually multi-threaded, now it is
No mayhem. Just threads.
astral.sh/blog/python-...
i feel like DSPy is beginning to occupy the Haskell tier
everyone: "DSPy is great, all LLM programming should be done like this"
narrator: "No real LLM programming is done this way"
🐍 What Is Python's `__init__.py` For? 📰
#python
my programming language hot take is that python-inspired languages shouldn't be named after snakes (eg cobra/boa/serp*nt).
Python is named after Monty Python. Python-inspired programming langues should be named after British sketch comedy shows, damn it!
Homer’s Web Page in 2000
#WebDesignHistory
So you can think really big thoughts and the leverage of having those big thoughts has just suddenly expanded enormously. I had this tweet two years ago where I said "90% of my skills just went to zero dollars and 10% of my skills just went up 1000x". And this is exactly what I'm talking about - having a vision, being able to set milestones towards that vision, keeping track of a design to maintain or control the levels of complexity as you go forward. Those are hugely leveraged skills now compared to knowing where to put the amperands and the stars and the brackets in Rust. — Kent Beck, interview with Gergely Orosz
I like this take by @kentbeck.com on how AI-assisted programming changes the balance of which skills are most important
From this interview with @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/tdd-ai-age...
🐍📰 Python Application Layouts: A Reference
A reference guide to common Python application layouts and project structures for command-line applications, web applications, and more
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Loving their product 🫶
Nothing is truly 'private' in #Python 😅
One of its design philosophies?
'We're all consenting adults.' 💡
Image source: www.reddit.com/r/Programmer...
I really recommend "AI Engineering" by Chip Huyen. It is so well researched, so thorough, and so helpful. Plus, you do *not* have to be an ML engineer to understand her technical explanations, they're written at the perfect level.
www.amazon.com/dp/1098166302
Want to improve your #Python skills?
You need to practice.
But where are there good practice problems?
I've collected the ones I know about at practiceyourpython.com . (And yes, I included my own courses and books.)
Know of any others? Let me know; I'll gladly add them!
And we're off!
I just signed with @manningbooks.bsky.social for the 2nd edition of #Python Workout (pythonworkout.com), my book with 200 exercises to improve your Python fluency.
It'll be more update than overhaul, fixing bugs and modernizing things to help you more than ever.
I'm excited!
and now we put a bow on it: @python.org
Trying out this Starter Pack thing here are some Pythonistas to follow. Reply with other suggestions! go.bsky.app/VYHhHJo
FOLKS! Go follow @python.org!!
The best ad for Python and interactive programming (and math?) I've ever seen. youtu.be/rbu7Zu5X1zI?...
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