PythonistR: A Match Made in Data Heaven, Python 3.13 Preview and more
Hy 1.0.0 has been released, Things I’ve learned serving on the board of the Python Software Foundation with some more interesting news, articles, packages and projects
News
Hy 1.0.0 has been released
Hy is a Lisp dialect embedded in Python. See Hylang.org for an introduction and documentation, the NEWS file for version history and the HYPE POST for something less serious.
reflex 0.6.0 has been released
GPU acceleration with Polars and NVIDIA RAPIDS
Both the NVIDIA and Polars teams have worked to provide a seamless experience and bring GPU acceleration to Polars. The latest beta release covers the most common operations and may benefit from GPU acceleration.
Articles
PythonistR: A Match Made in Data Heaven
In this blog post, Cosima Meyer explained how to incorporate both Python and R into your data workflows. If you're familiar with one of these languages and just starting with the other, this post provides a helpful comparison of how key tasks are performed in each.
# Cosima Meyer
Serializing package requirements in marimo notebooks
UV is generating excitement across the Python community, and Marimo Notebooks has adopted it for package sandboxing. In this article, Myles and Akshay explained why they chose UV, how they implemented it, and what benefits it brings.
# Myles & Akshay
Things I’ve learned serving on the board of the Python Software Foundation
Simon Willison shared a behind-the-scenes look at what the PSF is and its connection to the Python language in this article. It provides good insights into how the PSF board functions and operates.
# Simon Willison
The Best Python Libraries for Machine Learning and AI: Features & Applications
In this article, Nicolas Azevedo highlighted essential Python libraries for AI and ML development, including Pandas, NumPy and Matplotlib. He also discussed popular ML tools like Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, and Keras. While many other great libraries exist for AI and ML, these are excellent starting points for beginners.
# Nicolas Azevedo
Python 3.13 Preview: Free Threading and a JIT Compiler
The final release of Python 3.13 is just around the corner, but you can already download and install a preview version to explore its new features, such as free threading and a just-in-time (JIT) compiler. In this article, Bartosz Zaczyński dove into these new features and provides a detailed guide on how to try them out.
# Bartosz Zaczyński
Interesting Packages and Projects to explore
gTTS - Python library and CLI tool to interface with Google Translate's text-to-speech API
LinkFinder - A python script that finds endpoints in JavaScript files
PRAW - PRAW, an acronym for "Python Reddit API Wrapper", is a python package that allows for simple access to Reddit's API.
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