The data science ecosystem: R vs Python vs Substitutes   In this post, I show a network analysis of the R and Python ecosystems in terms of their competitors. …

The book "Annotated Algorithms in Python" and the nlib.py library... (more…)

asyncpg is a new fully-featured open-source Python client library for PostgreSQL. It is built specifically for asyncio and Python 3.5 async / await. asyncpg is the fastest driver among common Python, NodeJS and Go implementations. (more…)

For the oil prototype, I used Python 3 rather than Python 2 to take advantage of both type annotations and type checking with mypy. The mypy type system seems fairly similar to the C++ type system, so these annotations should help when porting the parser...

Someone on the internet uploaded a video where he slapped himself for 24 hours. Did he actually do it? TLDR; No. (more…)