Python’s new JIT compiler might be the biggest speed boost we’ve seen in a while, but it’s not without bumps. Get that news and more, in this week’s report.

The new interpreter will run Python programs as much as 5% faster, with no changes to existing code required. A beta of Python 3.14 is due in May. March 10 update ...

Python’s packaging ecosystem is under growing strain as development teams move away from pip in production environments, citing performance bottlenecks, fragile dependency resolution and rising ...