Cloud finally gets some new competition

For more than a decade “cloud” has really meant three names: Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. Yet 2025 is proving that the market is no longer a closed club. Cloudflare and Oracle, two companies with wildly different histories, are pressing legitimate advantages that...

Google touts Python client library for Data Commons

Google has released version 2 of its Python client library to query the Data Commons platform, which organizes the world’s publicly available statistical data. The library supports custom instances, among other capabilities. Announced June 26, the Data Commons Python...

Google touts new Python client library for Data Commons

Google has released a Python client library to query the Data Commons platform, which organizes the world’s publicly available statistical data. The library supports custom instances, among other capabilities. Announced June 26, the new Data Commons Python library can...

Dumping mainframes for cloud can be a costly mistake

A certain Fortune 500 financial institution decided to fully embrace the cloud. Executive memos indicated that all their new initiatives would be “cloud-first.” Teams were encouraged to re-architect everything, including mission-critical transaction processing that...

Rust-powered: Two new Python tools to watch

This week in Python brings us a toe-to-toe showdown between two Rust-powered Python type checking tools. We also have a gentle introduction to type hinting, a look at the perils—and promises—ahead for a free-threaded, no-GIL Python, and a shocking exposé (okay, just...