~pycoders | Issue #648 (Sept. 24, 2024) (30)

Python 3.13 Preview: Free Threading and a JIT Compiler Get a sneak peek at the upcoming features in Python 3.13 aimed at enhancing performance. In this tutorial, you’ll make a custom Python build with Docker to enable free threading and an experimental JIT compiler. Along the way, you’ll learn how these features affect the language’s ecosystem. REAL PYTHON

Let’s Build and Optimize a Rust Extension for Python Python code too slow? You can quickly create a Rust extension to speed it up. This post shows you how to re-implement some Python code as Rust, connect the Rust to Python, and optimize the Rust for even further performance improvements. ITAMAR TURNER-TRAURING

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Document Intended Usage Through Tests With doctest This post covers Python’s doctest which allows you to write tests within your code’s docstrings. This does two things: it gives you tests, but it also documents how your code can be used. JUHA-MATTI SANTALA

Customizing VS Code Through Color Themes A well-designed coding environment enhances your focus and productivity and makes coding sessions more enjoyable. In this Code Conversation, your instructor Philipp Ascany will guide you step-by-step through the process of finding, installing, and adjusting color themes in VS Code. REAL PYTHON course

Thriving as a Developer With ADHD What are strategies for being a productive developer with ADHD? How can you help your team members with ADHD to succeed and complete projects? This week on the show, we speak with Chris Ferdinandi about his website and podcast “ADHD For the Win!” REAL PYTHON podcast

Things I’ve Learned Serving on the Board of the PSF Simon has been on the Python Software Foundation Board for two years now and has recently returned from a board retreat. This post talks about what he has learned along the way, including just what does the PSF do, PyPI, PyCons, and more. SIMON WILLISON

Goodhart’s Law in Software Engineering Goodhart’s law states: “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.” Whether that’s test coverage, cyclomatic complexity, or code performance, all metrics are proxies and proxies can be gamed. HILLEL WAYNE

AI-Extracted Asian Building Footprints This post covers how Mark did a deep dive on a large dataset covering building footprints in Asia. He uses a variety of tools including duckdb and the multiprocessing module in Python. MARK LITWINTSCHIK

Why We Wrote a New Form Library for Django “Django comes with a form library, and yet we wrote a total replacement library… Django forms were fundamentally not usable for what we wanted to do.” KODARE.NET

Case-Insensitive String Class This article shows how you can create a case-insensitive string class using some basic meta programming with the dunder method __new__. RODRIGO GIRÃO SERRÃO

7 Ways to Use Jupyter Notebooks Inside PyCharm Discover seven ways you can use Jupyter notebooks in PyCharm to explore and work with your data more quickly and effectively. HELEN SCOTT

Unified Python Packaging With uv Talk Python interviews Charlie Marsh, the maintainer of ruff, and they talk about uv and other projects at Astral. KENNEDY & MARSH podcast

It’s Time to Stop Using Python 3.8 Python 3.8 will stop getting security updates in November 2024. You really should upgrade! ITAMAR TURNER-TRAURING

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