I work on astronomical data pipelines, and a lot of our data gets shipped around in Avro. It’s often a lot of data, like many terabytes, and with complex schemas. And because I’m working on astronomy software, nearly everything is written in Python, the l... (more…)

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to run different Python versions in Docker. By following the examples, you'll see how you can play with the latest development version of Python, and how to use Dockerfiles to set up Python environments and package your ... (more…)

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