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Python 3.15 Makes UTF-8 the Default, Easing Windows Text Issues — but Legacy Code Needs a Check

Python 3.15's UTF-8 default reduces environment-dependent behavior when no encoding is specified. We look at what it means ...

Holiday Special Article: I Called a Function 1.17 Million Times for Hello World - An Antithesis to Efficiency Fundamentalism, A Challenge to Computational Art

I called a function 1.17 million times for Hello WorldHello, this is Black Pug🐾GPT Chat Name: While traveling along the New National Route 2, I saw an image on X lining up Hello World in various ...

Starting from 'Can Python really do this?' — An introductory programming lesson on creating 3D buildings with generative AI

If you let generative AI write the code, won't the students fail to learn anything?”When I talk about using generative AI in ...