Python recap for week 20/2025

From 12/5/2025 to 18/5/2025

Articles #

• Rust for Python Programmers 320 comments in 5 discussions

• The first year of free-threaded Python – Labs 293 comments in 2 discussions

• I don’t like NumPy 211 comments in 2 discussions

• Pyrefly:A fast type checker/IDE extension for Python written in Rust 160 comments in 1 discussion

• LPython: Novel, Fast, Retargetable Python Compiler (2023) 155 comments in 6 discussions

• Project Verona: Fearless Concurrency for Python 143 comments in 1 discussion

• Mirror the Entire PyPI Repository with Bash 20 comments in 1 discussion

• The best new features and fixes in Python 3.14 10 comments in 1 discussion

• Show HN: A MCP server to evaluate Python code in WASM VM using RustPython 9 comments in 1 discussion

• Polars gives wrong results with unique() 8 comments in 1 discussion

• "Goodwill", key member of the SoCal Python Community has passed away 8 comments in 1 discussion

• I built a full-stack Smart Pet Tag Platform with Django, NFC, and QR code scanning 7 comments in 1 discussion

• NimbleEdge AI App - First offline voice AI by running Python on-device 6 comments in 1 discussion

• Looking to generate an OpenAPI spec from Django DRF with django allauth. 6 comments in 1 discussion

• iceoryx2 v0.6.0 is out: high-performance, cross-language inter-process communication that just works (C, C++, Rust - and soon Python) 5 comments in 1 discussion

Releases #

• MicroPython v1.25.0 24 comments in 1 discussion

• Initial release of django-fast-count: A fast Django .count() implementation for large tables 6 comments in 1 discussion

• Preview release of ty, a type checker for Python

Projects #

• Python lib generates its code on-the-fly based on usage 89 comments in 1 discussion

• Automatically call C++ from python 51 comments in 2 discussions

• Show HN: SQL-tString a t-string SQL builder in Python 35 comments in 1 discussion

• Love fixtures? You'll love this! 23 comments in 1 discussion

• wtfis: passive hostname, domain and IP lookup tool for non-robots 19 comments in 2 discussions

• Querying 10M rows in 11 seconds: Benchmarking ConnectorX, Asyncpg and Psycopg vs QuestDB 18 comments in 1 discussion

• Redis and Memcached were too expensive for rate-limiting in my GAE Flask application! 15 comments in 1 discussion

• Buckaroo - a Table UI to expedite data analysis for notebook environments 13 comments in 2 discussions

• Looking for contributors & ideas 12 comments in 1 discussion

• Show HN: Python Simulator of David Deutsch’s “Constructor Theory of Time” 11 comments in 1 discussion

Videos #

• Threads and Multiprocessing: The Complete Guide 12 comments in 1 discussion

• Python vs Rust: I Made This Puzzle 16,000× Faster 9 comments in 1 discussion

• Python: The Documentary [Official trailer] [video] 2 comments in 1 discussion