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Welcome to issue 598 of Python Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

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What Is a URL
Dangers of inconsistent parsing of URLs.

Bad Beat Poetry
Lockfiles are great. They can also be hard to review and a source of malicious code injection.

Functions vs Classes: When to Use Which and Why?

Functions vs. Classes?! Are you trying to decide which one to use in your code? This video explores how and when to use each of them, so you can make sure your code is as efficient and effective as possible.

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Introducing Hidet: A Deep Learning Compiler for Efficient Model Serving
Hidet is a powerful deep learning compiler that simplifies the process of implementing high-performing deep learning operators on modern accelerators (e.g., NVIDIA GPUs). With the new feature of torch.compile(...) in PyTorch 2.0, integrating a novel compiler into PyTorch is easier than ever - Hidet now can be used as a torch.compile(...) backend to accelerate PyTorch models, making it an attractive option for PyTorch users who want to improve the inference performance of their models, especially for those who also need to implement extremely optimized custom operators.

Elegantly Handle Environment Variables in Python with Pydantic
The article highlights how to use Pydantic library in Python to manage environment variables elegantly. It demonstrates how Pydantic simplifies the process of defining and validating environment variables, making the code more robust and maintainable.

Introducing st.experimental_connection!
A recently released version 1.22.0 of the Streamlit core library has a cool new feature: st.experimental_connection. This feature lets you easily connect Streamlit apps to data sources and APIs in just 4 lines of code!

How to have Python show warnings when running Django
How to show warnings when running Python, and Django, during local development. The easy, yet not well known, way.

Speeding up a Django view
Step by step insights into cutting the email view's TTFB by 70%

Introducing Grasshopper
An Open Source Python Library for Load Testing.

ChatAWS: Deploy AWS Resources Seamlessly With ChatGPT
Explore ChatAWS, a ChatGPT plugin simplifying AWS deployments. Create Lambda functions and websites effortlessly through chat, making AWS more accessible.

Python's Missing Batteries: Essential Libraries You're Missing Out On
Even though Python’s standard library comes with “batteries included,” it’s still missing some essentials.

Books

Learn Python with Jupyter
A free course book to develop computational thinking while learning to code.

Interesting Projects, Tools and Libraries

Mojo
A new programming language for all AI developers. Mojo combines the usability of Python with the performance of C, unlocking unparalleled programmability of AI hardware and extensibility of AI models.

mlc-llm
Enable everyone to develop, optimize and deploy AI models natively on everyone's devices.

frogmouth
A Markdown browser for your terminal.

SkyAGI
Emerging human-behavior simulation capability in LLM.

ThinkGPT
Agent techniques to augment your LLM and push it beyond its limits.

Roadmaper
A Roadmap as Code (Rac) Python library. Generate professional roadmap diagram using Python code.

AudioGPT
Understanding and Generating Speech, Music, Sound, and Talking Head.

Streamsync
Streamsync is an open-source framework for creating data apps. Build user interfaces using a visual editor; write the backend code in Python.

PentestGPT
A GPT-empowered penetration testing tool.

Lamini
The LLM engine for rapidly customizing models.

pandas-ai
Pandas AI is a Python library that integrates generative artificial intelligence capabilities into Pandas, making dataframes conversational.

IF
Open source text-to-image model.

browsr
A pleasant file explorer in your terminal.

FigmaChain
FigmaChain is a set of Python scripts that generate HTML/CSS code based on Figma designs. Using OpenAI's GPT-3 model, FigmaChain enables developers to quickly generate HTML/CSS code from a Figma design input. It also includes a Streamlit-based chatbot interface for interactive code generation.

Jsonformer
A Bulletproof Way to Generate Structured JSON from Language Models.

New Releases

Django security releases issued: 4.2.1, 4.1.9, and 3.2.19

Upcoming Events and Webinars

PyData Tel Aviv Meetup May 2023
There will be following talks

Data-centric AI
VisiData: Data exploration in the terminal
Modeling COVID-19 Spread in a Complex Reality
Unlocking the Power of Ordinal Data in Machine Learning

PyData NYC Meetup May 2023
There will be a talk, Rapid Data Analysis with Siuba and Pins.

Virtual: PyData Munich Meetup May 2023
There will be a talk, Scaling Down to Scale Up: A Guide to PEFT.

PyData Western Balkans Meetup May 2023
There will be a talk, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) in Terraform.

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