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If you need to speed up Python, Cython is a very useful tool. It lets you seamlessly merge Python syntax with calls into C or C++ code, making it easy to write high-performance extensions with rich Python interfaces.

That being said, Cython is not the best tool in all circumstances. So in this article I’ll go over some of the limitations and problems with Cython, and suggest some alternatives.

Did you know, there's now a native way in JavaScript to do deep copies of objects?

That's right, this structuredClone function is built into the JavaScript runtime.

Hello! A few days back we talked about problems with floating point numbers.

This got me thinking – but what about integers? Of course integers have all kinds of problems too – anytime you represent a number in a small fixed amount of space (like 8/16/32/64 bits), you’re going to run into problems.

So I asked on Mastodon again for examples of integer problems and got all kinds of great responses again.