R markdown is a powerful tool for sharing insights with stakeholders. In this post I talk about what I use when I need an equivalent solution in python. (more…)

Learn about ghapi, a third-party Python library and CLI client for the GitHub API. It includes tab-completion, integrated documentation and automatic pagination of responses. ghapi automatically manages required headers, query strings, route parameters, p... (more…)

One of the special things about software engineering as a profession is the possibility of ars-poetic work: part of our work is building tools that target our own work; perhaps a few surgeons around the globe can design and meld their own scalpel, but for... (more…)

Learn about the history of Python's GIL and what the future holds for it. (more…)

The acceptance of PEP 703 (Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython), as announced by the Steering Council, describes three phases of development for the work to remove the Global Interpreter Lock. Phase I started early in the development ..... (more…)