Python is one of the most popular programming languages today. It’s an interpreted and high-level language with elegant and readable syntax. However, Python is generally significantly slower than Java, C#, and especially C, C++, or Fortran. Sometimes perf... (more…)

mutagen - Python 2/3 module for handling audio metadata... (more…)

In this tutorial, you'll learn what Python wheels are and why you should care as both a developer and end user of Python packages. You'll see how the wheel format has gained momentum over the last decade and how it has made the package installation proces... (more…)

Recently we extended the Datadog Agent to support extracting additional metrics from Kubernetes using the kube-state-metrics via protobufs. In this post we will dive into our experiences with python and protobufs, as well as share some performance data. W... (more…)

The upcoming Kore release is going to drastically change how you can run your Python applications. Before, you had to jump through a few hoops, fight a few dragons and pray to some deity in the hopes to get it up and running. You would be struggling with... (more…)