
Optimizing Python Application Performance Using Cython
Let’s talk about the elephant in the room: Python is slow. There, I said it. Before the Python evangelists sharpen their pitchforks, let me clarify—Python isn’t slow because it’s poorly designed. It’s slow because it prioritizes developer happiness over raw speed. And honestly? That’s usually fine. Until it isn’t. When your application starts choking on computational tasks, when those nested loops become performance black holes, when your users start questioning their life choices while waiting for your script to finish—that’s when you need Cython....