Just a quick post here to say that I’ve added a new Projects page to my freelance website. I realised I didn’t have anywhere online that I could point people to that had links to all of the ‘non-work’ (maybe that should be ‘non-paid’) projects I’ve made. These projects include my Free GIS Data site, the British Placename Mapper, Py6S and more. I’ve...

I'm pleased to announce the release of Python 3.13 beta 1 (and feature freeze for Python 3.13). https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3130b1/ This is a beta preview of Python 3.13 Python 3.13 is still in development. This release, 3.13.0b1, is the first of four beta release previews of 3.13. Beta release previews are intended to give the...

Python 3.13 just hit feature freeze with the first beta release today. Just before the feature freeze, a shiny new feature was added: a brand new Python REPL. ✨ This new Python REPL is will likely be my favorite thing about 3.13. It’s definitely the feature I’m most looking forward to using while teaching after 3.13.0 final is released later...

Breaking the rules to satisfy continuous integration. A few months ago I blogged about forcing pip to require a virtualenv. However, when automating tests and deployments sometimes you work outside of virtualenvs. With pip this isn't a problem, you just don't set what I did in that article. However, what if you are using the rust-based uv where the...

In this episode, we discuss working on several different open-source Python packages. Antonio Cuni is our guest, and he chats about his work on PyScript, pdb++, pypy, HPy, and SPy.Listen in as we chat about Python, packages, open source, and so much more!Show LinksHere are some of the projects we talked about in the show:The Invent FrameworkPyScriptpdb++...

PyTorch vs TensorFlow: What’s the difference? Both are open-source Python libraries that use graphs to perform numerical computations on data in deep learning applications. Both are used extensively in academic research and commercial code. Both are extended by a variety of APIs, cloud computing platforms, and model repositories. If they’re so similar,...