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📅 Today’s Picks

MarkItDown: YouTube Transcripts to Markdown in One Line

Problem

Videos contain rich information that’s difficult to search or analyze programmatically.

Manually transcribing and formatting them into structured text is tedious and error-prone.

Solution

MarkItDown eliminates manual transcription by converting YouTube URLs to structured Markdown automatically.

Key benefits:

• Output ready for RAG systems or content summarization
• Multi-format support: same API for PDFs, Word docs, Excel, and images
• Lightweight with minimal dependencies
• Consistent Markdown output across all file types

Build question-answering systems over video content without manual transcription.

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UV: Define Conflicting Dependencies in One Project

Problem

What happens when your project needs two incompatible versions of the same package?

Version conflicts are a frequent issue in many projects. A typical solution is to split dependencies across different requirements files or environments, which works but adds ongoing maintenance overhead.

Solution

UV’s conflicts declaration lets you define both versions in one project. Just add a flag to switch between them.

Key benefits:

• One pyproject.toml for all configurations
• Separate resolution paths in a single lockfile
• Flag-based switching between environments
• Protection from accidentally installing both

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