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Articles, Tutorials and Talks

How to Design a REST API That Doesn’t SUCK

Learn 6 essential tips for designing a great REST API that even big companies often overlook. From following standards and maintaining consistency to writing clear documentation and simplifying integration, this video covers everything you need to create user-friendly and efficient APIs. Don't miss out on the key strategies for improving your API design!

Abstract interpretation in the Toy Optimizer
In this blog post, I’m going to write a small abtract interpreter for the Toy IR and then show how we can use it to do some simple optimizations.

Fast(er)API: Optimizing Processing Time
A few simple tips to make your REST API go faster.

Mining JIT traces for missing optimizations with Z3
In my last post I've described how to use Z3 to find simple local peephole optimization patterns for the integer operations in PyPy's JIT. An example is int_and(x, 0) -> 0. In this post I want to scale up the problem of identifying possible optimizations to much bigger instruction sequences, also using Z3.

The convoluted story behind `np.top_k`
In this blog post, I describe my experience as a first-time contributor and talk about the story behind np.top_k.

Annotated area charts with plotnine
The `plotnine` visualisation library brings the Grammar of Graphics to Python. This post walks through the process of creating a customised, annotated area chart of coal production data.

Module itertools overview
This article briefly describes the iterators available in the Python module itertools and how to use them.

Implementing Instant Search with Flask and HTMX
Step-by-step guide to making an interactive search bar with Flask and HTMX.

Beyond Hypermodern: Python is easy now
This is an article about setting up a modern Python project. It discusses using tools like Rye, Ruff, and Pyright for formatting, linting, and type checking.

Interesting Projects, Tools and Libraries

Mem0
The memory layer for Personalized AI.

modelsmith
Python library that allows you to get structured responses in the form of Pydantic models and Python types from Anthropic, Google Vertex AI and OpenAI models

DinkyDash
A family dashboard for kids.

PDF-Extract-Kit
A Comprehensive Toolkit for High-Quality PDF Content Extraction.

llama-agentic-system
Agentic components of the Llama Stack APIs.

New Releases

Mypy 1.11 Released
Mypy is a static type checker for Python. This release includes new features, performance improvements and bug fixes.

Django 5.1 release candidate 1 released

Python 3.13.0 beta 4 released

Upcoming Events and Webinars

PyData Manchester Meetup July 2024
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Mastering LLM Workflows: Benchmarking, Tools, and Best Practices
BI on a budget

Hybrid: Christchurch Python Meetup July 2024
Grace Morgan-Maxwell will speak on Flask and Django, walking through personal projects using the insights from her studies to discuss the good, the bad and the ugly.

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