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# [What Actually Runs Your Notebook](https://stadolf.hashnode.dev/what-actually-runs-your-notebook?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Most Python developers have typed jupyter lab at some point. Far fewer could say what IPython is, or why it exists at all.

Aug 22 · 7 min read · stadolf.hashnode.dev  
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