A PyPy developer details optimizing Python code for the Computer Language Shootout benchmarks, revealing CPython-specific hacks and cross-implementation challenges.
A developer's journal documenting their participation in PyWeek #12, a game jam, detailing the creation of a side-scrolling platformer using Python and pyglet.
The scikit-learn team announces a community sprint on April 1st for improving the Python machine learning library, with in-person and remote participation.
A recap of the PyPy team's San Francisco tour, including sprints at Noisebridge and tech talks at Google and Mozilla, focusing on performance improvements and compiler discussions.
A guide to Christoph Gohlke's repository of pre-compiled Windows binaries for scientific Python packages like NumPy, SciPy, and scikit-learn.
A research group seeks a post-doc for the AzureBrain project, using Python for parallel computing and statistics on brain imaging/genetics data.
The article discusses the declining practice of reading open source code and proposes adding direct source links to Python documentation to encourage developers to engage with source.
A preview of PyCon 2011 highlighting great talks, the hallway track, sprints, and urging early registration.
An introduction to the Tipfy web framework, a lightweight Python framework specifically designed for Google App Engine development.
A guide to using tox, a Python testing tool, for multi-environment testing, documentation building, and dependency management.
A developer shares his new role as a Google App Engine API Expert for Japan, aiming to support and educate other developers in the region.
Explains the difference between ICA and PCA using scikit-learn code, advocating for runnable examples over static visuals in scientific materials.
A proposal for a distributed, community-powered continuous integration system for Python projects, inspired by Test Swarm, to handle complex multi-environment testing.
Explains how to dynamically add methods to Python classes or instances using types.MethodType, covering bound and unbound methods.
Announcing the release of django-taggit 0.9, a Django app for tagging, with new features, bug fixes, and breaking changes.
A humorous take on machine learning concepts like overfitting and algorithm comparisons, using Python's scikit-learn library as an example.
Announcement for the upcoming scikit-learn coding sprint in Paris, including dates, location, remote participation details, and planned tasks.
Announcing a two-day coding sprint in Paris focused on scikit-learn's API and development guidelines for machine learning in Python.
A recap of EuroSciPy 2010, highlighting the growth of the Python in science conference, key topics, and the community atmosphere.
Explores the concept of multimethods (generic dispatch) in Python, presenting a custom implementation using decorators and type-based dispatch.
