CPython VS Visual Studio Code

sorted() creates a copy different from sort(). *Be careful, sorted() does shallow copy instead of deep copy as my issue.

> but it's a lot easier for me to hack on Rust projects

That static typing is nice, I wonder if it's going to catch on one day.

The amount of energy spent trying to bend dynamically types languages into being real ones is just comical. Even the standard library is barely typed, so they give no fucks https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/v3.13.3/Lib/re/__init...

What does it accept? Who knows. What does it return? Don't worry about it

Ah.

I imagine the problem is that `__del__` could be monkeypatched, so Python doesn't strictly know what needs custom finalization until that moment.

But if you have a concrete proposal, it's likely worth shopping around at https://discuss.python.org/c/ideas/6 or https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/ .

As in, how are we parsing the Python code into an AST?

CPython uses a generated parser. The grammar is defined in https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/Grammar/python.g... which is used to generate the specification at https://docs.python.org/3/reference/grammar.html#full-gramma...

We use a hand-written parser, in Rust, based on the specification.

Open source software is built on the democratic idea that everyone should be able to inspect and contribute to the source code. Major projects like Linux, WordPress, and the Apache HTTP Server have shown how collaborative efforts can produce robust, scalable solutions. Indie hackers, often working with limited budgets, gain access to highly dependable tools such as Python and MySQL, which were originally developed and maintained by global communities.

Python: The Superpower of AI

I headed to the official Python website: python.org. Right on the homepage, there's a big, friendly yellow "Download Python" button — practically waving at you. I clicked it and downloaded the latest stable macOS installer.

As in my sibling comment, pypy has already done all this work.

CPython's struct module is just a shim importing the C implementations: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/Lib/struct.py

Pypy's is a Python(-ish) implementation, leveraging primitives from its own rlib and pypy.interpreter spaces: https://github.com/pypy/pypy/blob/main/pypy/module/struct/in...

The Python stdlib has enormous surface area, and of course it's also a moving target.

Python and some Bash scripts — for the enrichment logic and updates

If your version is 3.9 or above, you’re good to go. If not, download the latest version from python.org.

Built-in terminal (you’ll love this later) Download it here

Somewhere between enabling CORS and accidentally enabling IAM authentication, Sam backed out slowly and did what all developers eventually do when faced with AWS UI: They closed the tab and opened [VSCode 🖥️].(https://code.visualstudio.com/)

VS Code

Visual Studio Code (with Flutter extension)

Install Visual Studio Code (VS Code) from: https://code.visualstudio.com

Download VSCode through the following URL https://code.visualstudio.com/

A text editor or lightweight IDE such as Visual Studio Code

Microsoft's Visual Studio Code is a free code editor that relies on community plugins for support across various languages and frameworks. It also has an AI offering, Copilot, that provides code completion and it just added its own agent. VSCode supports multiple LLMs, but initially, there seemed to be a preference for ChatGPT, in part given its early lead and no doubt influenced by the fact Microsoft was an early investor in it. However, that relationship seems to be fraying.

Explore different MCP Clients too! You can continue using ollmcp as we did earlier, or try other clients like Claude Desktop, Visual Studio Code, and more to see how different environments interact with your server.

All vims and emacses can have undo-tree (as a plugin iirc). Many devs use it.

Vote/read-up here for the feature on Zed: https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/17455

And here on VSCode: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/20889