Python Bytes

Topics covered in this episode:

• Announcing py2wasm: A Python to Wasm compiler
• Exploring Python packages with Oven and PyPI Browser
• PyCharm Local LLM
• Google shedding Python devs (at least in the US).
• Extras
• Joke

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Michael #1: Announcing py2wasm: A Python to Wasm compiler

• py2wasm converts your Python programs to WebAssembly, running them at 3x faster speeds
• thanks to Nuitka

Brian #2: Exploring Python packages with Oven and PyPI Browser

• pypi.org is great, but there are some handy alternatives
• Oven
  • Shows how to install stuff with pip, pdm, rye, and poetry
  • Similar meta and description as PyPI
  • Includes README.md view (no tables yet, though)
  • Nice listing of versions
  • Ability to look at what files are in wheels and tarballs (very cool)
  • Can deploy yourself. Node/Remix app.
  • Really slick.
• PyPI Browser
  • View versions
  • View wheel and tarball contents.
  • Metadata and contents.
  • No README view
  • Is a Starlette app that you can deploy on your on with a private registry. So that’s cool.

Michael #3: PyCharm Local LLM

• Pretty awesome full line completer based on a local LLM for PyCharm
• Requires PyCharm Professional
• An example, given this partial function in Flask: @blueprint.get('/listing') def listing(): videos = video_service.all_videos()

Typing ret →

That is, typing ret autocompletes to:

Which is pretty miraculous, and correct.

Brian #4: Google shedding Python devs (at least in the US).

• Google lays off staff from Flutter, Dart and Python teams weeks before its developer conference - techcrunch
• Python, Flutter teams latest on the Google chopping block - The Register
  • “Despite Alphabet last week reporting a 57 percent year-on-year jump in net profit to $23.66 billion for calendar Q1, more roles are being expunged as the mega-corp cracks down on costs.”
  • “As for the Python team, the current positions have reportedly been "reduced" in favor of a new team based in Munich.”
• MK: Related and timely: How one power-hungry leader destroyed Google search

Extras

Brian:

• Python Gotcha: strip, lstrip, rstrip can remove more than expected
  • Reminder: You probably want .removesuffix() and .removeprefix()

Michael:

• Using Llama3 in LMStudio

Joke: Broken System