As you probably know, the GIL stands for the Global Interpreter Lock, and its job is to make the CPython interpreter thread-safe. The GIL allows... (more…)

We are pleased to announce that the February 2021 release of the Python Extension for Visual Studio Code is now available. You can download the Python extension from the Marketplace, or install it directly from the extension gallery in Visual Studio Code. (more…)

Python frame stack sampler for CPython. Contribute to P403n1x87/austin development by creating an account on GitHub. (more…)

I was reading a tweet about it yesterday and that didn't stop me from pushing a code change in production with the same rookie mistake today. Consider this function: # src.py from __future__ import annotations import logging import time from datetime impo... (more…)

This post explains what unit tests are and how they can help you write and make changes to Lambda function code more quickly. It also walks through an example Python function and unit test. (more…)