serc can compile Python bytecode without installing CPython, useful in Docker builds

charliermarsh · x · 2026-11-10

Charlie Marsh notes a nice property of serc: it can compile Python bytecode without installing CPython itself, e.g. inside Docker builds or any other build system — handy for slimming down build pipelines.

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