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February 16, 2026

Runtime validation in type annotations

Interesting new tricks with the introspection of Python type annotations.

In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud

Can we stop with the audiophile snobbery now?

The only developer productivity metrics that matter

I agree with this very much. The only productivity metric in the end is the end-user satisfaction.

How bad can Python stop-the-world pauses get?

Of course it's a question of the amount of allocations you need.

How Michael Abrash doubled Quake framerate

Interesting insights from optimisations done on the Quake engine almost thirty years ago.