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Tool: .blend URL Viewer I'm continuing to have a lot of fun with GPT-6 Astra and Blender (see my TIL). As a big fan of the Imperial Fabergé Easter eggs, I've always thought it would be fun to make some new ones that…
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Top topics: Python · AI · AI Research
Quoting Terence Tao
I wrote recently about how the collection of good, fruitful open problems is now being mined in a non-renewable fashion, leading to the potential scenario of these problems becoming scarce. [...] We have now seen that…
Fallbacks for typing.overload
Would an @overload-related fallback decorator that catches everything not assignable to an existing overload be feasible? For example, consider the following: from typing import overload @overload def spam(ham: int) ->…
Getting started with dbt
A practical guide to building, testing, and documenting SQL transformations The post Getting started with dbt appeared first on Towards Data Science.
Add a timeout parameter to Executor.shutdown() — issue #72165
I’d like to discuss the proposed feature in CPython issue #72165: adding an optional timeout parameter to concurrent.futures.Executor.shutdown(). Currently, when Executor.shutdown() is called with wait=True (the…
The Symmetry That Breaks Neural Network Averaging
Understanding permutation symmetry in deep learning, and what it means for weight averaging and model merging The post The Symmetry That Breaks Neural Network Averaging appeared first on Towards Data Science.
An Effective Python Development Environment
Choose a Python development environment that helps you get coding. Find tutorials and courses on editors, uv, virtual environments, and useful tools.
Python 3.15 Preview: Lazy Imports
Learn how Python 3.15 lazy imports work, how deferring heavy modules cuts your app's startup time, and which imports still have to stay eager.
When One Process Becomes Too Much: Splitting a Pipeline into MCP Services
How we split a tightly coupled Python pipeline into independently deployable services The post When One Process Becomes Too Much: Splitting a Pipeline into MCP Services appeared first on Towards Data Science.
Quiz: Python 3.15 Preview: Lazy Imports
Test your understanding of Python 3.15 lazy imports, from the lazy keyword and __lazy_modules__ to the imports that have to stay eager.
Quiz: Starting With Python IDLE
Test your grasp of Python IDLE. Run code in the shell, edit and run files, debug with breakpoints, and make the editor look the way you like.
10 Statistical Traps We Often Overlook
Statistical thinking beyond formulas The post 10 Statistical Traps We Often Overlook appeared first on Towards Data Science.
Python GUIs: Fixing Crashes When Using NumPy Arrays with QImage in Qt Threads — How to safely pass image data between threads when streaming video or updating displays
I'm using a threaded runner to stream a live video feed by converting a NumPy array to a QImage, then to a QPixmap, and displaying it on a QLabel. But I'm frequently encountering crashes when the label is resized too…
Python GUIs: Clean up on exit — Stopping threads when closing a PyQt6 application — How to properly shut down background threads and workers when your application window is closed
I'm using QThreadPool and worker threads in my PyQt application. When I click the X button to close the window, the threads keep running in the background. What's the best way to clean everything up on application exit?…
Python GUIs: How to Check if a QLineEdit is Empty in Python — Empty strings are falsey in Python
A reader asked: I just want to know, how do I check whether a QLineEdit is empty or not? The QLineEdit class doesn't have an isEmpty() method which you can call to find out if the line edit is empty, but we don't need…
Nifty Django Feature: Q() Objects
Part of the Nifty Django features series: Django’s Q() objects allow you to some fancy filtering!
Graham Dumpleton: Zero-code tracing with wrapture
The previous post traced the shop with three bindings and a sink, all applied from the program's own entry point. That is fine when the program is yours. It is less fine when the application is one you inherited and…
Bob Belderbos: Database-Driven RBAC with FastAPI and Azure Entra ID
This came out of a coaching project: a FastAPI service backing a geotechnical database. We use Azure Entra ID for authentication, but we needed role-based access control (RBAC) granularly per endpoint and across…