If you’ve ever lamented the lack of anything like a macro system for Python, check this out. It’s a tool for creating common code patterns in Python programs, but it works by ingesting source and ...

Walk into a campus hackathon today and the scene has changed. Teams still argue, still pull all-nighters, still sprint towards a demo. But the tools on the table now often include AI assistants, ...

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