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Articles, Tutorials and Talks

Intro to Large Language Models

Andrej Karpathy's talk on introduction to Large Language Models covering the core technical component behind systems like ChatGPT, Claude, and Bard. What they are, where they are headed, comparisons and analogies to present-day operating systems, and some of the security-related challenges of this new computing paradigm.

Rust std fs slower than Python!? No, it's hardware!
Join us on an enlightening journey that starts with opendal op.read() and unfolds with surprising twists, as the author shares their learnings along the way.

Unlocking C-level performance in pandas.DataFrame.apply with Numba
A quick overview of the new Numba engine in DataFrame.apply.

Spinning Up in Deep RL
An educational resource produced by OpenAI that makes it easier to learn about deep reinforcement learning (deep RL).

Python errors as values: Comparing useful patterns from Go and Rust
Safer error handling, inspired by Go and Rust.

Building a small REPL in Python
In a lot of my previous interpreter/compiler projects written in Python I hand-rolled a REPL (read-eval-print-loop). It turns out that Python comes with a bunch of batteries included and this is totally unnecessary—you get a lot of goodies for free. Let’s take a look at how to use them, starting from embedding a normal Python REPL in your project.

Building a Bootstrap styled form in vanilla Django
In this post, David Smith explores creating a Bootstrap-styled form in vanilla Django without relying on third-party packages. He discusses customizing form widgets, adding CSS classes, and creating a custom field template.

Running Python Parallel Applications with Sub Interpreters
Python 3.12 introduced a new API for “sub interpreters”, which are a different parallel execution model for Python that provide a nice compromise between the true parallelism of multiprocessing, but with a much faster startup time. This post will explain what a sub interpreter is, why it’s important for parallel code execution in Python and how it compares with other approaches.

CPython Object System Internals: Understanding the Role of PyObject
Understand how objects are implemented in CPython and how CPython emulates Inheritance and Polymorphism in C using struct embedding.

Robot Dad
This is an article about a father who created a chatbot named Robot Dad to answer his son’s questions. The chatbot is able to access and process information from the real world through Google Search. Robot Dad can also be used to translate languages.

A simple WebSocket benchmark in Python

Python, Asyncio and Footguns

LMQL — SQL for Language Models

Interesting Projects, Tools and Libraries

rags
Build ChatGPT over your data, all with natural language.

easylkb
Easy Linux Kernel Builder.

kanban-python
A Terminal Kanban Application written in Python to boost your productivity.

ProAgent
From Robotic Process Automation to Agentic Process Automation.

autometrics-py
Easily add metrics to your code that actually help you spot and debug issues in production. Built on Prometheus and OpenTelemetry.

Subtitle
Open-source subtitle generation for seamless content translation.

Breezy
A Distributed Version Control System with a Friendly UI.

Flask-Muck
Flask-Muck is a batteries-included framework for automatically generating RESTful APIs with Create, Read, Update and Delete (CRUD) endpoints in a Flask/SqlAlchemy application stack.

self-operating-computer
A framework to enable multimodal models to operate a computer.

apple-home-key-reader
This project offers a demonstration of an Apple Home Key Reader built in Python.

sysaidmin
Sysaidmin is a GPT-powered sysadmin for your machine. You can ask it to solve a problem, and it will run commands on your system (with your permission) to debug what's going on.

Meditron
Meditron is a suite of open-source medical Large Language Models (LLMs).

pip.wtf
Inline dependencies for small Python scripts.

Upcoming Events and Webinars

PyData Cambridge Meetup December 2023
There will be a talk, Practical Detection Engineering in Cybersecurity using Polars.

PyData Amsterdam Meetup December 2023
There will be following talks

Smart Banking: Unraveling the Potential of Artificial Intelligence
Multi-Model Optimisation in Payment Processing
Model Selection in Fintech: The Pros and Cons

PyData London Meetup December 2023
There will be following sessions

The Python Dependency Manager Showdown
Why I switched to Windows

VilniusPY #24
There will be following talks

Requalification: How to Succeed as an Entry-Level Developer
Moving Python Projects to K8s

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