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Goodbye GIL - Exploring Free Threaded Python 3.14
I compared execution time of code - which included CPU & I/O bound scripts and a WSGI app using the default and free-threaded Python 3.14 interpreters. This...
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Vibe Coding with Junie - JetBrains AI Coding Agent
I created a Python project recently to test out Junie - the new AI coding agent from JetBrains. This led to the creation of Pyzlides, a Python library that...
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Will AI Replace Junior Developers? I Asked Experts at Pycon US
I attended Pycon US in Pittsburgh - This was my first in-person Pycon US. At this PyCon, I decided to try something different. I skipped most of the talks and...
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Thread Safety in Python - My first tutorial for Real Python
My first tutorial for Real Python got published 🎉 "Python Thread Safety: Using a Lock and Other Techniques": https://realpython.com/python-thread-lock/ Why...
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Thread Local Data in Python
Since threads in Python share the memory space of their parent process, we might need to define thread-specific variables for specific use cases to avoid...
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Evolution of the `sort` in Python and the Role of `functools.cmp_to_key`
In Python, the sort method and the sorted callable are commonly used for sorting operations. sort is a list method which modifies the list in-place, whereas...
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Partition method of Python strings
The partition method of str covers a niche use case - It is useful when a string needs to be split into exactly two parts based on a separator. It returns a...
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List from Typing module is inheritable
TIL - "Today I learned" series of Posts are short notes of new things I encounter with Python. While browsing the source of SQLAlchemy, I came across a custom...
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When I met Guido van Rossum
This is my account of meeting Guido Van Rossum and his advice on becoming a Python Core Developer. This interaction is a few months old and happened during...
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Thread Safety in Python
Thread Safety in Python Before getting started with Thread safety, let's look into race conditions. Race Conditions From Wikipedia: A race condition or race...