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pixi on UBI-micro: A Safer, Smaller Multi-Stage Container Build

How a UBI-micro multi-stage build shrinks a pixi container's attack surface and CVE count, with side-by-side Trivy and Grype scans on UBI full, minimal, and micro.

Brandon Geraci

Jul 24, 2026 · 12 min read

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The `tp_as_number` Slot and Binary Operation Dispatch in CPython

How CPython dispatches binary operations via tp_as_number slots, and how TorchDynamo mirrors that model to improve correctness and reduce ad-hoc special cases.

Guilherme Leobas

Jun 22, 2026 · 6 min read

Python Tooling

We Benchmarked 6 Python Package Managers on a Real ML Project. Here's What We Found.

Head-to-head benchmark of pixi, uv, conda, mamba, pip, and poetry on a real ML/AI project with 25+ mixed conda-forge and PyPI dependencies.

Brandon Geraci

Apr 22, 2026 · 6 min read

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pixi on UBI-micro: A Safer, Smaller Multi-Stage Container Build

The tp_as_number Slot and Binary Operation Dispatch in CPython

We Benchmarked 6 Python Package Managers on a Real ML Project. Here's What We Found.

The `tp_as_number` Slot and Binary Operation Dispatch in CPython