TILens Daily Edition
2026-10-12
Filters: topic=python, github=hidden

Stats: 12 articles, 6 sources, 2 research papers
Top topics: Python, AI, Django

## News

- Docling vs LlamaParse: How to Extract PDF Tables in Python
  Source: real-python
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://realpython.com/extract-table-from-pdf-python/

- Quiz: Docling vs LlamaParse: How to Extract PDF Tables in Python
  Source: real-python
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://realpython.com/quizzes/extract-table-from-pdf-python/

## Research

- We Specified an AI Agent in 2016. We Called It Analytics.
  Source: towards-data-science
  Topic: AI Research (+AI, Python)
  URL: https://towardsdatascience.com/we-specified-an-ai-agent-in-2016-we-called-it-analytics/

- I Built a Trap for AI Image Judges. They Walked Into a Different One.
  Source: towards-data-science
  Topic: AI Research (+AI, Python)
  URL: https://towardsdatascience.com/i-built-a-trap-for-ai-image-judges-they-walked-into-a-different-one/

## Community

- Hello Python 3.15, goodbye 3.10, and now I can use 3.11
  Source: simon-willison
  Topic: Python (+AI, Django)
  URL: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/12/python-3-15/

- datasette-ports 0.4
  Source: simon-willison
  Topic: Python (+AI, Django)
  URL: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/12/datasette-ports/

- Bounding recursion with _PyInterpreterState_SetEvalFrameFunc
  Source: discuss-python-ideas
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://discuss.python.org/t/bounding-recursion-with-pyinterpreterstate-setevalframefunc/109451

- Rodrigo Girão Serrão: Explicit lazy imports
  Source: planet-python
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://mathspp.com/blog/explicit-lazy-imports

- LernerPython blog, from Reuven Lerner: Pandas groupby: Aggregating multiple columns with multiple functions
  Source: planet-python
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://lernerpython.com/2026/10/12/pandas-groupby-aggregating-multiple-columns-with-multiple-functions/

- Make some number configure macros public in non-limited capi
  Source: discuss-python-ideas
  Topic: Python
  URL: https://discuss.python.org/t/make-some-number-configure-macros-public-in-non-limited-capi/109441

- Mike C. Fletcher: PyOpenGL 4.0.0a7 -- Cleanup and Preparation
  Source: planet-python
  Topic: Python
  URL: http://blog.vrplumber.com/b/2026/10/11/pyopengl-400a7-cleanup-and-preparation/

- Parsing JSON at tens of gigabytes per second… in Python
  Source: lobsters
  Topic: General (+Python)
  URL: https://lemire.me/blog/2026/10/12/parsing-json-at-tens-of-gigabytes-per-second-in-python/