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Anthony Shaw - Python developer, author, and open source contributor

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30 from 17 Apr 2017 to 2 Sep 2025
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2025 5

  1. Python has had async for 10 years -- why isn't it more popular?
  2. Performance Benchmarking LLM Models
  3. Using an LLM in GitHub Actions
  4. Can DeepSeek-R1 improve the performance of one of the worlds oldest codebases?
  5. Can you prompt LLMs to admit when they don't know the answer?

2024 4

  1. Embedding Python into your .NET project with CSnakes
  2. Using the Aspire Dashboard for Python OpenTelemetry tracing, metrics, and logs
  3. Working with Chinese, Japanese, and Korean text in Generative AI pipelines
  4. Python 3.13 gets a JIT

2023 2

  1. Fine Tuning Python WSGI and ASGI applications for Flask, Django, and FastAPI
  2. Running Python Parallel Applications with Sub Interpreters

2022 3

  1. Using the Python match statement
  2. My VS Code Setup
  3. PyPy in Production

2021 1

  1. async test patterns for Pytest

2020 6

  1. Running Python on .NET 5
  2. Writing Python Extensions in Assembly
  3. XSS Exploitation in Django Applications
  4. Azure Pipelines autocomplete in PyCharm, IntelliJ, WebStorm, CLion, and Rider
  5. Learning Python from Scratch
  6. Django on Azure - beyond "hello world"

2019 4

  1. My favourite Python stories of 2019
  2. Has the Python GIL been slain?
  3. A letter to the Python community in Africa
  4. Azure Pipelines with Python - by example

2018 4

  1. 5 coding projects to do with kids
  2. Why is Python so slow?
  3. 10 common security gotchas in Python and how to avoid them
  4. Tips for getting a raise at work

2017 1

  1. Modifying the Python language in 6 minutes