Why This Python Performance Trick Doesn’t Matter Anymore
A deep dive into Python’s name resolution, bytecode, and how CPython 3.11 quietly made a popular optimization irrelevant.| Confessions of a Code Addict
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This was originally titled “I miss when computers were fun”. But in the course of writing it, I discovered that there is a reason computers became less fun, a dark thread woven through a number of events in recent history.| eev.ee
A deep dive into Python’s name resolution, bytecode, and how CPython 3.11 quietly made a popular optimization irrelevant.| Confessions of a Code Addict
Basically a review of ‘Seeing Like a State’. And some other thoughts.| MOND←TECH MAGAZINE
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This article was originally commissioned by Luca Rossi (paywalled) for refactoring.fm, on February 11th, 2025. Luca edited a version of it that emphasized the importance of building “10x engi…| charity.wtf
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