So I've just released a package called lazy-helper. This comes as lazy loading has been a hot topic once again due to the proposal PEP-810.
Using my package we can define lazy loaded dependencies nicely:
Coincidentally Brian Okken has recently written a blog post covering the topic of lazy loading …
read morePython 3.14 was officially released on October 7th. There are a lot of new features and I've covered some of them before in:
What I haven't covered here are any of the asyncio changes …
read moreIt's been just over a year since I started my blog. In fact, this is my 27th blog post. I thought it'd be a good time for me to share some insights on blogging.
Recently I've been asked by some people on why I do this. I think for …
read morePreviously when discussing asyncio backpressure I've made some claims that were not necessarily complete.
I said:
read moreIt works well for 100s of urls but when we hit a big number like 10000s we have a problem.
The program seemingly hangs. This is because all the tasks are being created first …
The python packaging landscape and developer experience has shifted dramatically in the past year or so with uv's launch marked a pivotal moment. But behind the scenes many PEPs have worked to get us to this point.
One such PEP was PEP 723 – Inline script metadata which we discussed …
read moreFeature flags or dynamic configuration is something that I find very useful, however I've never had the chance to use them. This is for a lack of options launchdarkly, flagsmith and unleash to name a few.
SaaS options can be amazing with a full array of features, but I would …
read morePEP-734 subinterpreters in the stdlib has officially been included in the Python 3.14 as a very late addition. subinterpreters now has a new home in the standard library module called concurrent.interpreters.
If you've been following my blog posts you'll know that I'm particularly excited about this feature.
read morePython 3.14 is just around the corner and it's jampacked with huge updates:
But as with any release, there are many nice smaller and less noticeable features. Features you won't see unless you comb through the entire release notes. Luckily I am …
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