MarkItDown: YouTube Transcripts to Markdown in One Line
Plus manage conflicting deps with UV
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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
☕️ Weekly Finds
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dexter [LLM] - An autonomous agent for deep financial research
bandit [Python Utils] - A tool designed to find common security issues in Python code
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