Fri, December 09, 2022

This Week in Python is a concise reading list about what happened in the past week in the Python universe.

I have received some good suggestions for this week's content. Thank you.

Did I miss anything from the Python universe this week? What did you read or tried out?

Python Articles

• Narrative Manipulation: Convincing Chat GPT to Write a Python Program to Eradicate Humanity
• Datasette’s new JSON write API: The first alpha of Datasette 1.0
• Multiprocessing Race Conditions in Python
• The cloudy layers of modern-day programming
• Lex Fridman interviews Guido van Rossum – not an article but a long interview with Guido van Rossum (3+ hrs.)

Projects

• CausalPy – A Python package for causal inference in quasi-experimental settings
• codon – A high-performance, zero-overhead, extensible Python compiler using LLVM
• mbdpy – Python module for model-based-design
• lumi – nano framework to convert your python functions into a REST API
• python-easter-eggs – Curated list of all the easter eggs and hidden jokes in Python

Did I miss anything from the Python universe this week? What did you read or tried out?