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Jul 28, 2026

Most complete task queue and workflow engine in pure Python: Horsies

Horsies keeps the queue and the workflow engine on one transactional Postgres substrate: typed task contracts, first-class DAGs with joins and success policies, and a static validation gate that refuses to boot a broken graph.

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Jul 16, 2026

Software engineering has changed.

We as humans can't read/write two functions at the same time, yet given the correct descriptions, agents can write tens or hundreds of them. And this is the part where you, as a software engineer, have to adapt.

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Jun 27, 2026

Allocators: Memory Retention and Performance

The memory allocator is a library you've probably never configured, yet it can silently double your RAM footprint. Six allocators, one identical Python web app: the leanest settled at 1099 MB, the heaviest peaked at 2306 MB — while latency stayed similar across all.

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