Why write ten lines of code when one will do? From magic variable swaps to high-speed data counting, these Python snippets will transform your code.

Oh, sure, I can “code.” That is, I can flail my way through a block of (relatively simple) pseudocode and follow the flow. I ...

Vladimir Zakharov explains how DataFrames serve as a vital tool for data-oriented programming in the Java ecosystem. By ...

Use the vitals package with ellmer to evaluate and compare the accuracy of LLMs, including writing evals to test local models.

A small community in Denmark has moved away from traditional currency, relying instead on shared resources and cooperation to meet daily needs. Trump threatens tariffs, decertification on ...

In Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass," Alice is stuck in a never-ending race with the Red Queen yet never gains a lead. "It takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place," the ...

It began Tuesday with a surprise announcement from the presidential press secretary. Donald Trump was returning to the Brady Briefing Room. Sound the klaxons. After an hour of the president’s listless ...

We all want to be respected, whether in our personal relationships or in a professional environment. But respect isn't something that's given away freely, at least when it's authentic. We can't force ...

The only letter I’ve ever sent to the New York Times was in the 1980s, objecting to the paper’s suddenly pestilent use of “draconian.” During Iran–Contra the complaint must have seemed trivial; the ...

For more than 1,500 years, nerves were thought to function through the action of 'animal spirits'. In the seventeenth century, René Descartes conceived of these 'spirits' as liquids or gases, and used ...