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Articles, announcements, and thoughts on open source, Python, and community building.

How I Use Claude Code: Meta Repos, Plan Persistence, and Iteration Logs

Practical patterns for AI-assisted development: meta repos for multi-project context, persisting plans in claude-plans/, and iteration logs for debugging hard bugs.

AI, Claude Code, Developer Tools, Workflow

Jupyter Mimetypes for Datalayer SDK

Announcing the jupyter-mimetypes package for simplified data exchange between Jupyter kernels using Apache Arrow serialization.

Jupyter, Datalayer, Python

Open Source and Open Science in Latin America

Exploring language localization challenges, infrastructure barriers, and community-building initiatives for open source and open science across Latin America.

Open Source, Latin America, Community

Why We Are Excited About JupyterLab 3.0 Dynamic Extensions!

Quansight's JupyterLab developers discuss the transformative changes in version 3.0, particularly dynamic extensions powered by webpack 5 module federation.

Jupyter, JupyterLab, Extensions

TDK-Micronas Partners with Quansight to Sponsor Spyder

TDK-Micronas partners with Quansight to fund Spyder IDE development, supporting the scientific Python community through corporate sponsorship.

Spyder, Open Source, Sponsorship

Spyder 4.0 Beta 2 Release

Announcing the second beta release of Spyder 4.0 with new features including an improved editor, plots pane, and enhanced debugging capabilities.

Spyder, Python, Release