Recently, I was refactoring a portion of a Python function that somewhat looked like this: (more…)

Most people, when they think about pythons, visualize the huge snake constricting and swallowing victims whole. But did you know that pythons initially hold onto their prey with their sharp, backward-curving teeth? (more…)

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While at PyConAU 2016 I attended the Monday sprints and spent some time looking at a proposed feature I hoped would soon be part of cryptog...

This article is the first of a series of six on Profilers in the Python world, and how Blackfire is the best-of-breed tool to introspect code behavior and optimize its performance. (more…)