OpenAI says GPT-6.1 Sol is dramatically better at migrating legacy code

OpenAI confirmed that its newer models are much better at writing and migrating software in older programming languages.

The cause of slow pandas loops was Timestamp generation | While speeding it up 28x with int64, trades silently disappeared

Hello, this is Sukima Log.I use a custom backtest (Python/pandas) to test FX trading rules against past price movements. This ...
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Matz Builds 14-Year-Old Ruby Compiler Concept in 3 Weeks With AI; Spinel Rollout Shows "Amplification, Not Democratization"

Yukihiro Matsumoto, the creator of Ruby, revealed that he implemented Spinel—an AOT compiler for Ruby that had existed only as a concept for 14 ...

Comparing Full-width and Half-width Characters in Python: An Introduction to NFKC While Preserving Original Text

"ＡＢＣ－１２３" and "ABC-123". When comparing product codes, you might intend for them to be the same, but in Python, they do not match. Have you ever gotten stuck here when checking a received list?In such ...
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I rebuilt my most complicated Excel workbook in Python with an AI agent's help, and I'm not going back

Excel isn't useless here, either. Poking one number and watching everything move is instant, and Excel's own Python in Excel ...
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Python Library pytransform3d Adds Transformation Graphs, Uncertainty Handling, and 3D Visualization for Robotics

Researchers at DFKI and the University of Bremen present new pytransform3d features for transformation graphs, uncertainty ...
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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 ...
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Hannah (Linan) Zhou, Founding Member and Head of Product, Meshy – Interview Series

Zhou, Founding Member and Head of Product at Meshy is a product leader focused on building and scaling generative AI tools ...