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GPT-6.1 Terra

GPT-6.1 Terra It's always interesting to note which aspects of a new model are emphasized in the release announcement. In the case of GPT-6.1 Terra, OpenAI went with visual reasoning and computer use: We’re introducing…

Quoting Jason Koebler

Because big tech platforms essentially do not have customer support and make it impossible for their users to contact a human, many people experiencing run-of-the-mill tech problems have turned to ChatGPT. And,…

webframe: evaluated as a scraper and a sandbox

Research: webframe: evaluated as a scraper and a sandbox webframe is a neat little project from Jeff Lindsay which lets you "run a web page like a program" - you point it at a URL or file and it executes it in a hidden…

Python 3.15.2, 3.14.10, 3.13.18, 3.12.16 and 3.11.18 are out

Five expedited security releases to distrust the compromised eMudhra intermediate CA keys.

"Michiel's Blog": Python on my wrist

I have a PineTime. It is a cheap, open, hackable smartwatch from Pine64. It’s not an Apple Watch When people see it, they think: that looks like a smartwatch, so it must be a smartwatch. Like an Apple Watch. It’s not!…

HoloViz: Lumen 1.4.0 Release

Django Weblog: Natalia Bidart - Planned short-term leave

After more than three years as a Django Fellow, I will be taking a three-month break from Fellow duties during November, December, and January. This time will allow me to properly rest, reset, and recover from some…

Rodrigo Girão Serrão: TypedDict with extra items

Learn how to define a TypedDict that accepts extra items of a given type. A TypedDict is a type constructor that allows creating specialised types for dictionaries that have a fixed set of string keys: from typing…

What Makes AI-Written Stories Feel Off?

And how we can turn that feeling into insights The post What Makes AI-Written Stories Feel Off? appeared first on Towards Data Science.

Opening the Box: Can Machine Learning Resolve Schrödinger’s Cat?

Neural networks won’t settle the measurement problem — but they are quietly changing how we see, predict and protect quantum superpositions. The post Opening the Box: Can Machine Learning Resolve Schrödinger’s Cat?…

Python Protocols: Leveraging Structural Subtyping

Learn how Python protocols bring static duck typing to your code and help you get the most out of type hints and static type checkers.

Create a Flask Application With Google Login

Build a Python Flask app with Google login so users can sign in with their Google account, and learn OAuth 2, OpenID Connect, and Flask-Login.

13 Project Ideas for Intermediate Python Developers

Try 13 Python project ideas for intermediate developers. Build web, GUI, and command-line apps that challenge you and make you a better Pythonista.

How to Use Generators and yield in Python

Build generator functions and generator expressions with the Python yield statement, and learn when lazy evaluation pays off.

Managing Python Projects With uv: An All-in-One Solution

Learn how to create and manage your Python projects using uv, an extremely fast Python package and project manager written in Rust.

ChromaDB: Embeddings and Vector Databases in Python

Learn what embeddings and vector databases are, then store, query, and filter text with ChromaDB in Python and use it to give an LLM context.

Single and Double Underscores in Python Names

Learn Python naming conventions with single and double underscores to design APIs, create safe classes, and prevent name clashes.

A Practical Introduction to Web Scraping in Python

Get started with Python web scraping: parse data from websites and interact with HTML forms using Beautiful Soup and MechanicalSoup.

AI for Beginners: Use Agents With Confidence

Learn how AI agents really work, from models and harnesses to context and skills, so you can get better results and stay in control.

Build Command-Line Interfaces With Python's argparse

Use Python's argparse module to build command-line interfaces for your scripts, with arguments, options, subcommands, and automatic help messages.