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| | ashvardanian.com
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| | Python's not the fastest language out there. Developers often use tools like Boost.Python and SWIG to wrap faster native C/C++ code for Python. PyBind11 is the most popular tool for the job not the quickest. NanoBind offers improvements, but when speed really matters, we turn to pure CPython C API bindings. With StringZilla, I started with PyBind11 but switched to CPython to reduce latency. The switch did demand more coding effort, moving from modern C++17 to more basic C99, but the result is a 5x lower ...
| | nikhilism.com
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| | [AI summary] A technical post explaining how Dropbox engineers reverse-engineered CPython's internal memory structures to implement robust Python stack tracing within their out-of-process crash reporting tool, Crashpad.
| | madebyme.today
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| | Some time ago, during a code review, I had a discussion with a colleague of mine about preferring dict() over {} in new Python code. They argued that dict() is more readable - and expresses intent more clearly - therefore should be preferred. I wasn't convinced by that, but at that time I didn't have any counterarguments, so I passed. Yet that made me wonder: what's the difference between the dict type and {} literal expression?
| | flutter.dev
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| Current status of Flutter's support for WebAssembly (Wasm).