Code at: https://github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tree/main/2025/sketch_2025_03_14
More sketch-a-day: https://abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day
If you like this, support my work: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5B4MZ78C9J724 #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding
I'm trying out Qobuz currently, and thought it'd be nice to have my old Spotify playlist backups from way back when I still had Spotify so I wrote a quick and dirty Python script to read the JSON and push it to Qobuz using minim, an API wrapper for various streaming services available in the cheese shop.
Works well enough, now listening to my old New Wave playlist.
This Python alpha release cuts memory usage for loading data in #nibabel by up to half, thanks to a patch to the gzip module.
I have struggled with many IDEs with their lack of good integration of interactive #Python.
VSCode and its derivatives are nice, but they do not play ball with my workflow. I can get what I want to work only partially, and it is much slower than my current workflow. Running one line at a time in an interactive window is excruciating.
Isn't it common in #DataScience and #GIScience to have an interactive workflow with a lot of back and forth reiterations with multiple line executions?
Especially for π day and #FediDonutFriday!
Just released: Python 3.14.0a6 
https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-14-0-alpha-6/84513
https://docs.python.org/3.14/whatsnew/3.14.html
This release brought to you by a Karelian pie (Karjalanpiirakka), a strawberry and gooseberry pie (mansikka-karviais piirakka) and a slice of blueberry pie (mustikkapiirakka).
New episode of #TalkingPostgres #podcast 
(we're up to Ep25!)
Dawn Wages @BajoranEngineer: #Django dev, Python Software Foundation board chair, & author of upcoming book "Domain-driven Django"—joined the pod to chat about why so many Python developers Just Use Postgres
Give it a listen wherever you get your podcasts. And give it a boost !
Dawn is a gem & this conversation was FUN. #PostgreSQL #OpenSource #Python #Postgres
https://talkingpostgres.com/episodes/why-python-developers-just-use-postgres-with-dawn-wages
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Calculate #pi with #python for #piday
#!/usr/bin/python3
from decimal import *
import sys
getcontext().prec = 40
c = 0
s = Decimal(1);
pi = Decimal(3);
n = int(sys.argv[1])
for i in range(2, n * 2, 2):
pi = pi + s * (Decimal(4) / (Decimal(i) * (Decimal(i) + Decimal(1)) * (Decimal(i) + Decimal(2))))
s = -1 * s
c = c + 1
print (c, (pi))
Happy Pi day! 
Here is how to get pi with #Python's built-in `math` module:
@thecarpentries Curriculum Team opened a pull request on generative AI for coding in the Software Carpentry Plotting and Programming with #Python lesson! We want your feedback, as this will be the foundation for similar updates across Data Carpentry, Library Carpentry, and Software Carpentry lessons. Let’s shape this together!
https://github.com/swcarpentry/python-novice-gapminder/pull/697
Nice little utility for using uv as a package manager and runner for python in Neovim
https://github.com/benomahony/uv.nvim
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://github.com/benomahony/uv.nvim
The first ever PyCon Greece is happening this summer!
Friday-Saturday, 29-30 August 2025
Athens
PersistDict
A persistent dictionary implementation backed by an #LMDB database. PersistDict looks and acts like a #Python dictionary but persists data to disk, making it ideal for caching and persistent storage needs.
PersistDict makes it simple to add persistent caching to any Python application. While earlier versions (before 2.0.0) used #SQLite, the current version leverages LMDB for better performance and reliability in concurrent environments.
[Project] Rusty Graph: Python Library for Knowledge Graphs from SQL Data
https://github.com/kkollsga/rusty-graph
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://github.com/kkollsga/rusty-graph
#OpenStreetMap #osmnx
Code at: https://github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tree/main/2025/sketch_2025_03_13
More sketch-a-day: https://abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day
If you like this, support my work: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5B4MZ78C9J724 #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding
I'm shocked! #TodayILearned that #Python sets don't de-duplicate NaN values! (I guess it is because NaN has this crazy property that it is not equal to itself... NaN != NaN is True...)
Teresita
>>> set((float('nan'), float('nan'), float('nan')))
{nan, nan, nan}