Elliptical Python Programming(susam.net)

170 points by sebg 1 year ago | 21 comments

Untyped Python: The Python That Was(lucumr.pocoo.org)

41 points by vaylian 2 years ago | 35 comments

Python datetime pitfalls, and what libraries are (not) doing about it(dev.arie.bovenberg.net)

153 points by marban 2 years ago | 105 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.

"Coding is solved" misses the point(blog.mastykarz.nl)

14 points by listless 2 months ago | 5 comments

Getting a Gemini API key is an exercise in frustration(ankursethi.com)

785 points by speckx 10 months ago | 307 comments

A blog post by Ankur Sethi describing the frustrating process of obtaining a Google Gemini API key to try Gemini 3 Pro for a React side project.

datetime.utcnow() is now deprecated(blog.miguelgrinberg.com)

364 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 409 comments

Miguel Grinberg's blog post explaining that Python 3.12 deprecates datetime.utcnow() and utcfromtimestamp(), and discussing alternatives.

Ask HN: Why did Python win?

398 points by MatthiasPortzel 3 years ago | 649 comments

An Ask HN thread asking why Python grew into a dominant programming language while Ruby, once similarly popular, stalled.

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.

So you want to parse a PDF?(eliot-jones.com)

369 points by UglyToad 1 year ago | 199 comments

Blog post by Eliot Jones explaining how PDF parsing should work per the spec, covering headers, cross-reference tables, object offsets and trailers, and its real-world pitfalls.

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.

Shreddit is a Python program to remove all your Reddit comments(github.com)

335 points by wgx 3 years ago | 207 comments

GitHub repository for Shreddit, a Python tool using PRAW to delete your Reddit comment history, since deleting an account does not remove comments.