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Wasmer beefs up Python support

WebAssembly runtime introduces experimental async API and support for dynamic linking in WASIX, enabling much broader support for Python packages and native modules.

Feb 2, 2026 2 mins

Libraries and Frameworks Python WebAssembly

CPython vs. PyPy: Which Python runtime has the better JIT?

How does CPython’s new native-JIT compiler stack up against PyPy? We ran side-by-side benchmarks to find out, and the answers may surprise you.

Jan 28, 2026 9 mins

Programming Languages Python Software Development

Gemini Flash model gets visual reasoning capability

Agentic Vision combines visual reasoning with code execution to ground answers in visual evidence, delivering a 5% to 10% quality boost across most vision benchmarks, Google said.

Jan 27, 2026 2 mins

Generative AI Programming Languages Python

GitHub Copilot SDK allows developers to build Copilot agents into apps

Available in a technical preview, the SDK for Node.js, Python, Go, and .NET provides programmatic access to the agentic power of the Copilot CLI.

Jan 23, 2026 2 mins

Golang Microsoft .NET Python

Python picks up speed with a new JIT

Python’s new JIT compiler might be the biggest speed boost we’ve seen in a while, but it’s not without bumps. Get that news and more, in this week’s report.

Jan 23, 2026 3 mins

Development Tools Python Rust

How to use Pandas for data analysis in Python

Pandas makes it easy to quickly load, manipulate, align, merge, and even visualize data tables directly in Python.

Jan 21, 2026 14 mins

Development Tools Libraries and Frameworks Python

PHP language still relevant, advocate insists

Perforce Zend official compared PHP with Python and Java in a blog post, stressing the continued importance of the ‘silent workhorse of the modern web.’

Jan 16, 2026 3 mins

Java PHP Python

Python starts 2026 with a bang

The world’s most popular programming language kicks off the new year with a wicked-fast type checker, a C code generator, and a second chance for the tail-calling interpreter.

Jan 9, 2026 2 mins

Programming Languages Python Software Development

Reader picks: The most popular Python stories of 2025

Wind down the year with our picks from the most-read Python developer features and tutorials of 2025.

Dec 26, 2025 3 mins

Python Rust Web Development

Get started with Python’s new native JIT

The native just-in-time compiler in Python 3.15 can speed up code by as much as 20% or more, although it’s still experimental.

Dec 24, 2025 6 mins

Programming Languages Python Software Development