Making good choices: How to get the best from Python tools

"The way to get the best from Python, aka "the lingua franca of AI," is by knowing both its traps and its treasures."

"One such treasure is using uv run as a magic launcher; another is a chatbot library that spares you the pain of writing SQL for data queries."

"As if you needed further proof artificial intelligence is Python's A-game: Recent analysis from the Tiobe language index shows AI coding assistants taking Python's growth to the next level."

Python functions as the lingua franca of AI, offering a dominant ecosystem for AI development. Effective use requires awareness of common traps and identification of powerful tools. Practical conveniences include using uv run as a streamlined launcher and adopting chatbot libraries that remove the need to write SQL for data queries. Selecting the right tools and learning how to use them enhances productivity and model integration. AI coding assistants are accelerating Python's popularity, with Tiobe index analysis indicating these assistants contribute to Python's continued growth and adoption.

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