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.

Want to know how to run Python? It sounds simple, but it can actually be tricky to figure this out. In this post, we’ll discuss how to test your Python code, as well as how to run Python in other ...

Python may be getting a performance boost from a competitor: the Google Go language. Grumpy, an experimental project from Google, transpiles Python code into Go, allowing Python programs to be ...

Python 3.11 introduced the Specializing Adaptive Interpreter. When the interpreter detects that some operations predictably involve the same types, those operations are “specialized.” The generic ...

Python often gets a bad rap in terms of performance. Critics often move the goal posts mid-discussion, either unintentionally or simply to get a rise out of Python developers. Here's a typical ...