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Choosing the Right Python Task Queue Python has great options for task queues. Choosing between Celery and RQ isn’t an easy decision. Jump in and learn how each option compares! JUDOSCALE.COM • Shared by Jeff Morhous

Django Ledger: Accounting With Python Talk Python interviews Miguel Sanda about Django Ledger, a library you can use to build your own accounting system. KENNEDY & SANDA

Stop Writing __init__ Methods Glyph recommends using dataclasses in order to avoid the use of __init__. This post shows you how and what additional work you need to do for constructor side effects. GLYPH LEFKOWITZ

AI Agent Code Walkthrough with Python & Temporal Join us on May 2nd at 9am PST/12pm EST for a deep dive into using Temporal’s Agentic AI use cases. We’ll begin with a live demo demonstrating how Temporal lets you recover from unexpected issues before transitioning to a live walkthrough with our Solution Architects → TEMPORAL sponsor

Practical Uses of Sets Sets are unordered collections of values that are great for removing duplicates, quick containment checks, and set operations. TREY HUNNER

Elliptical Python Programming This fun little article shows how certain combinations of punctuation in Python can evaluate to integers, and as a result allow you to create some rather obfuscated code. See also this associated article that breaks down exactly how it all works. SUSAM PAL

14 Advanced Python Features Edward has collected a series of Python tricks and patterns that he has used over the years. They include typing overloads, generics, protocols, and more. EDWARD LI

Python Is an Interpreted Language With a Compiler Ever wonder where about the distinction between compiled and interpreted languages? Python straddles the boundaries, and this article explains just that. NICOLE TIETZ-SOKOLSKAYA