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Articles, Tutorials and Talks

Method chaining in Pandas

What is method chaining in Pandas? How does it work, and how can you use it?

Building a priority-expiry LRU cache without heaps or trees in Python
Learn how to implement a least recently used cache with priorities and expiry, using only the Python standard library.

scrapscript.py
The article introduces a small, pure, functional, content-addressable, network-first programming language designed to create small, shareable programs. It discusses the language's features and its implementation, highlighting its purpose and the collaborative effort behind its development. The article provides insights into the motivation and design principles of Scrapscript, as well as the collaborative process involved in its creation and implementation.

Performance of Vector Databases

The talk explores the role of vector databases in enhancing AI applications like Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), focusing on high-dimensional embeddings crucial for machine learning. Egor Romanov delves into creating a Postgres provider integrated with pgvector, utilizing a Python performance evaluation framework to simulate similarity search tests and unveil latent performance potential.

Performance Analysis of Python’s dict() and {}
The post explores the differences between using dict() and {} in Python for creating dictionaries. It delves into their functionality, performance, and best practices, providing insights into when to use each method in Python coding.

The Scary Thing About Automating Deploys
The article from Slack Engineering discusses the fear of breaking production that holds many teams back from automating their deployments. It emphasizes the importance of understanding how deployment monitoring differs from normal monitoring and the iterative approach taken to ease these fears, ultimately leading to successful automated deployments. The article provides insights into the challenges and benefits of automating deployment processes, addressing the fear and concerns associated with automated systems in various domains, including cybersecurity and application deployment.

Python packaging must be getting better - a datapoint
I “pip install”ed my app on Windows and everything just worked. Something is going right.

Augmenting the Markdown language for great Python Graphical Interfaces
The article explores the development of an Augmented Markdown API by the Taipy R&D team, which extends the simplicity of Markdown by enabling the addition of tags to generate graphical interface elements directly within the content. This innovation aims to enhance the capabilities of Python developers in creating web-based interfaces, offering a unique approach to integrating graphical elements within Markdown documents.

Generate knowledge with Semantic Graphs and RAG
Knowledge exploration and discovery with Semantic Graphs and RAG.

Python Data Analysis and Visualization Course – Astronomical Data

Learn data analysis, data visualizations, and image processing techniques using real-world astronomical data. The course offers a practical, hands-on approach to simplifying complex concepts in data analysis, making it great for beginners.

Simple Google Sign-in with Django

We'll add Google sign-in to Django in the simplest possible way (No Django-all-auth or Django-social-auth or any other big packages).

Books

ml-engineering
Machine Learning Engineering Open Book.

Interesting Projects, Tools and Libraries

DataTrove
Freeing data processing from scripting madness by providing a set of platform-agnostic customizable pipeline processing blocks.

Granian
A Rust HTTP server for Python applications.

InstantID
Zero-shot Identity-Preserving Generation in Seconds.

finagg
A Python package for aggregating historical data from popular and free financial APIs, and for transforming that data into features for AI/ML.

Python-Type-Challenges
Master Python typing (type hints) with interactive online exercises!

django-webhook
Outgoing Django webhooks triggered on model changes.

ULWGL-launcher
Unified Linux Wine Game Launcher.

RAGxplorer
Visualise and explore your RAG documents.

FastHX
FastAPI and HTMX, the right way.

TaskingAI
The open source platform for AI-native application development.

Applio
Ultimate voice cloning tool, meticulously optimized for unrivaled power, modularity, and user-friendly experience.

wafer
Wafer is a simple but effective web application firewall (WAF) fuzzing tool.

SGLang
SGLang is a structured generation language designed for large language models (LLMs). It makes your interaction with LLMs faster and more controllable.

Upcoming Events and Webinars

PyBerlin 43
There will be following talks

Meetings That Yield Results
f-strings: Could they get any better?
Measuring Software Delivery Performance at doctari

PyData Lancaster Meetup January 2024
There will be following talks

Earth My Friend: Mapping a 1950s Circumnavigation with Open Source and Open Sources
From code banks to software

PyData Copenhagen Meetup February 2024
There will be a talk, Augmented retrieval in technical domains: challenges and opportunities of LLMs in action.

PyData Lausanne Meetup February 2024
There will be following talks

MLOps with DVC and CML
Suppress testing nightmares: Easy and reliable tests with pytest
Forget the print statement: how to use VSCode’s debugger to simplify your life

PyData Montreal Meetup February 2024
There will be following talks

Understanding semantic search
An Exploration with Extractive Question-Answering Transformers by Bell Canada NLP-Speech Team
Introduction to llm fine-tuning and deployment

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