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The secret Python switch: How one flag makes your scripts run faster

Python -O won’t magically make every script faster, but in the right workloads it’s a free win—here’s how to test it safely.

5 Clever Ways To Use Your Old Raspberry Pi As A Travel Companion

Have a spare Raspberry Pi sitting around collecting dust? We've got five DIY projects that can turn your Pi into an ...

So yeah, I vibe-coded a log colorizer—and I feel good about it

Oh, sure, I can “code.” That is, I can flail my way through a block of (relatively simple) pseudocode and follow the flow. I ...
InfoQ

Are You Missing a Data Frame? The Power of Data Frames in Java

Vladimir Zakharov explains how DataFrames serve as a vital tool for data-oriented programming in the Java ecosystem. By ...
Nature

I’m going to halve my publication output. You should consider slow science, too

In my fourth year as a postdoctoral researcher, in 2005, I published ten papers. This was an enormous output for one year. At that rate, I reflected, I could publish 100 papers in a decade.