Let me reframe this question using different technology. Why are Toyota Corollas so popular despite being so slow? They're obviously much slower than rocket powered aircraft! Things just got crazy, right? Let's do some math to prove our point about how sl... (more…)

In this step-by-step tutorial, you'll discover how to use Arduino with Python to develop your own electronic projects. You'll learn how to set up circuits and write applications with the Firmata protocol. You'll control Arduino inputs and outputs and inte... (more…)

Multigrid benchmark between Dlang's Mir library and Python's numpy - typohnebild/numpy-vs-mir... (more…)

Switching to a new language is always a big step, especially when only one of your team members has prior experience with that language. Early this year, we switched Stream’s primary programming language from Python to Go. This post will explain some of t... (more…)

For you Python users who have been unwilling (or unable) to upgrade to version 3, there’s yet another reason to get motivated: python.org has released Python 2.7.18, the absolute last official release for Python 2.  While it doesn’t add much in terms of f... (more…)