CLI Tools Hidden in the Python Standard Library

There are several modules in Python that are directly callable from the command line, including the ability to gzip and pretty print JSON. This article introduces you to what is available and how Simon discovered them.

Django: Flush out test flakiness by randomly ordering QuerySets

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Python⇒Speed: When NumPy is too slow

If you’re doing numeric calculations, NumPy is a lot faster than than plain Python—but sometimes that’s not enough. What should you do when your NumPy-based code is too slow? Your first thought might be parallelism, but that should probably be the last thing you consider. There are many speedups you can do before parallelism becomes helpful, from algorithmic improvements to working around NumPy’s architectural limitations. Let’s see why NumPy can be slow, and then some solutions to help speed up your code even more.

Bullet Proofing Django Models

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Stack Abuse: Guide to Interfaces in Python

How to Flatten a List of Lists in Python

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Building Search DSLs with Django

What happens when there are too many fields for a UI to search on? Search DSLs can give a user more granular access to searching without exposing an overly complicated interface.

Django Views: The Right Way

An opinionated guide on how to write views in Django by one of the core Django devs.

Dependency Tracking for Python Function Calls

Tracking the code and data accessed by a function call can be used to draw dependency graphs, for debugging and profiling, and for cache invalidation. This article shows you a variety ways of doing it, as well as some initial ideas that don’t work very well.

Faster Python 3.13 Plan

This brief outline highlights the plan for the faster CPython project for the 3.13 release. Includes PEP 669, PEP 554, improved memory management, and more.

Python's raise: Effectively Raising Exceptions in Your Code

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to raise exceptions in Python, which will improve your ability to efficiently handle errors and exceptional situations in your code. This way, you'll write more reliable, robust, and maintainable code.

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Practical dependency tracking for Python function calls

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Python for Finance: Pandas Resample, Groupby, and Rolling

Python and the Legend of Zelda

The Game Boy Color version of Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages contains a grid-based puzzle. Gaz writes about creating a brute force program to solve the challenge using Python.

Cython vs CPython – Comparing the Speed Difference

Python⇒Speed: Understanding CPUs can help speed up Numba and NumPy code

Makefile Tricks for Python Projects

Richard likes using Makefiles. They work great both as simple task runners as well as build systems for medium-size projects. This is his starter template for Python projects.