Best of 2016

The blog posts Hacker News loved most in 2016. 324 posts.

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Powering the Python Package Index

The Python Package Index, or as most call it “PyPI” is a central part of the ecosystem of Python. It serves as a central registry of names, helping to prevent collision between different projects as well as the default repository that most Python users go to when looking for software. Though it has its issues (of…