Recent Optimizations in Python's Reference Counting(rushter.com)

16 points by f311a 9 months ago | 4 comments

100k TPS over a billion rows: the unreasonable effectiveness of SQLite(andersmurphy.com)

344 points by speckx 10 months ago | 124 comments

Blog post by Anders Murphy benchmarking SQLite at 100k transactions per second over a billion rows, arguing its embedded single-writer design helps it scale.

Problems with Python dependency management(nielscautaerts.xyz)

49 points by sanbor 1 year ago | 72 comments

A tail calling interpreter for Python (already landed in CPython)(blog.reverberate.org)

110 points by phsilva 1 year ago | 76 comments

Fast and concise probabilistic filters in Python(lemire.me)

5 points by ingve 2 years ago | 0 comments

Python’s Preprocessor(pydong.org)

375 points by rbanffy 2 years ago | 81 comments

Blog post explaining how Python source code encoding declarations (PEP 263) can be abused to implement a preprocessor that transforms code before execution.

First Steps into Memory Management in Python(tech.daniellbastos.com.br)

4 points by shellpipe 21 days ago | 0 comments

A personal blog post exploring how CPython allocates and manages memory, written as study notes before diving into garbage collection.

Python 3.14 is here. How fast is it?(blog.miguelgrinberg.com)

695 points by pjmlp 1 year ago | 505 comments

Miguel Grinberg's blog post benchmarking the newly released Python 3.14 against earlier Python versions to measure performance gains.

Python: The Optimization Ladder(cemrehancavdar.com)

322 points by Twirrim 7 months ago | 115 comments

A blog post benchmarking many ways to speed up Python, including Cython, Numba, PyPy, mypyc, Mojo and Rust, on Benchmarks Game problems and a JSON pipeline.

Writing a C compiler in 500 lines of Python(vgel.me)

454 points by vgel 3 years ago | 142 comments

Blog post by vgel describing the design and architecture of a small C compiler written in about 500 lines of Python.

Small programming tricks(will-keleher.com)

606 points by signa11 1 month ago | 266 comments

A blog post arguing that small nuggets of programming knowledge boost productivity, sharing examples like fzf-powered ctrl+r and python3 -m http.server.

Ollama releases Python and JavaScript Libraries(ollama.ai)

544 points by adamhowell 2 years ago | 130 comments

Ollama blog post from January 23, 2024 announcing official Python and JavaScript client libraries installable via pip and npm.