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What’s a Python Hashable Object?
You can ignore reading about hashable objects for quite a bit. But eventually, it’s worth having an idea of what they are. This post follows Winston on his first day at work to understand hashable objects
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PyCon US 2024 Recap
Part travelogue, part conference diary, Katherine writes about her experience at PyCon US 2024 held in Pittsburgh, PA.
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[Video] Saga Pattern Simplified: Building Sagas with Temporal
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One Way to Fix Python Circular Imports
Python circular imports can be confusing. Simply using a different form of import can sometimes fix the problem.
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Guido Withdraws Ownership From Core Interpreter
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Django Day Copenhagen 2024 Call for Proposals
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Three Laws of Software Complexity
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Efficient Iterations With Python Iterators and Iterables
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My BDFL Guiding Principles
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Writing Fast String ufuncs for NumPy 2.0
NumPy 2.0 is coming shortly and has loads of big changes and new features. This article talks about NumPy’s universal functions which can be applied to the elements of a NumPy array, and how to write good ones when dealing with strings.
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How Python Compares Floats and Integers
Floating point isn’t a precise representation, this can mean that when you compare a float with an int, something that looks like it should be the same, might not be. This article deep dives on how that works in Python.
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Thinking About Running for the PSF Board of Directors?
The Python Software Foundation runs office hours and this year they’ve set aside two times for asking questions of current board members. If you’re thinking of running, this is a perfect place to get more information.
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How EuroPython Proposals Are Selected
This post from the folks at EuroPython walks you through how their conference selection process works. Although EuroPython specific, it contains lots of good general advice for getting accepted at any conference.
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Django Enhancement Proposal 14: Background Workers
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How to Create Pivot Tables With pandas
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Essays on Programming I Think About a Lot
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