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3 no-code Python tools that automate Excel spreadsheets in seconds

Huge Excel sheets can be annoying, but they don't have to be.

Turning hard-to-aggregate Excel files into AI-ready tables: A guide to cleaning them up with Harunobu and Codex

You have received an Excel file, but the store names are in merged cells, subtotals are inserted in the middle, and headings ...

How a 7th-year individual investor automated the nightly 'earnings report copy-paste hell' with Python to pick up premium net-cash stocks

The copy-paste hell of earnings reports and the 'shortcomings' of Rakuten SecuritiesAs I enter my 7th year of investing, here ...
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Google Open-Sources Harness²: Self-Improving AI Agents Without Retraining

Google Research has open-sourced Harness² (Harness2), a framework that lets AI agents improve themselves without retraining ...
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How to Use Python UDF Logging for Pipeline Observability

Ensure data pipeline reliability and troubleshoot issues fast by using standard Python logging directly in BigQuery UDFs for real-time observability.
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Google Adopts Pyrefly for Faster, More Accurate Python Type Checking

Google has replaced its long-standing Python type checker, Pytype, with Pyrefly, an open-source tool originally developed by Meta. The decision was driven by Pyrefly's advantages, including faster and ...
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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 ...