Creating static map images with OpenStreetMap, Web Mercator, and Pillow

This post details how to create static maps with points overlaid using OpenStreetMap tiles and Pillow, bypassing complex data visualization libraries for a simpler, more understandable approach. It provides Python code for downloading map tiles and converting lat/lon coordinates to pixel positions for drawing points on the map.

https://alexwlchan.net/2025/static-maps/

12 Must-Know Python Built-in Functions

Explore 12 of the most interesting and useful built-in functions, with examples, gotchas, and a few nerdy details you may not be aware of.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho24rK_AYrQ

landing-ai / vision-agent

Vision agent

https://github.com/landing-ai/vision-agent

agno-agi / agno

Build Multimodal AI Agents with memory, knowledge and tools. Simple, fast and model-agnostic.

https://github.com/agno-agi/agno

Alternatives to Python's "break" statement

Python's break statement is handy for breaking out of a loop. But break statements can often be ...

https://www.pythonmorsels.com/break-statement-alternatives/

ShortsMaker

ShortsMaker is a Python package designed to facilitate the creation of engaging short videos or social media clips. It leverages a variety of external services and libraries to streamline the process of generating, processing, and uploading short content.

https://github.com/rajathjn/shorts_maker

Here’s how I use LLMs to help me write code

This post shares practical tips for using LLMs to write code effectively, emphasizing that it's not always easy and requires managing context, setting expectations, and thorough testing. The author suggests thinking of LLMs as over-confident, lightning-fast pair programming assistants and provides a detailed example of building a tool with Claude Code.

https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/11/using-llms-for-code/

Isolating Python and Jupyter using firejail

This article outlines a method for running isolated Python processes using Firejail, ensuring they can only access a specified project directory and limiting network access. The setup involves creating a virtual environment, installing packages with temporary internet access, and running Jupyter Notebooks via a Unix socket to maintain isolation.

https://bnikolic.co.uk/blog/python/firejail/2025/03/05/python-isolated

Pydoll

Pydoll is a library for automating chromium-based browsers without a WebDriver, offering realistic interactions. It supports Python's asynchronous features, enhancing performance and enabling event capturing and simultaneous web scraping.

https://github.com/thalissonvs/pydoll/

ollama-deep-researcher

Fully local web research and report writing assistant.

https://github.com/langchain-ai/ollama-deep-researcher

Pruna

Pruna is a model optimization framework built for developers, enabling you to deliver faster, more efficient models with minimal overhead.

https://github.com/PrunaAI/pruna

Flet - Desktop & Mobile apps in Python!

This video tutorial demonstrates how to use the Flet framework in Python to build cross-platform mobile and desktop apps, even without prior front-end development experience. It walks through creating a simple quiz application, explaining how to structure the UI with Flet controls and handle user interactions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aiNStwq8oU

A Very (!) Early Play With Astral's Red Knot Static Type Checker

Astral is developing a new Python type checker, aiming to be significantly faster than mypy. The author explores building and running it, finding it promisingly fast but still a work in progress with some type checking discrepancies.

https://jurasofish.github.io/a-very-early-play-with-astrals-red-knot-static-type-checker.html

Python’s ‘shelve’ is really useful for LLM debugging

Use python’s shelve as a quick and easy, persistent key-value store for LLM workflows.

https://www.jerpint.io/blog/python-shelve-as-cache/

RA.Aid

RA.Aid (pronounced "raid") helps you develop software autonomously. It is a standalone coding agent built on LangGraph's agent-based task execution framework. The tool provides an intelligent assistant that can help with research, planning, and implementation of multi-step development tasks.

https://github.com/ai-christianson/RA.Aid

Pythonx

Pythonx runs a Python interpreter in the same OS process as your Elixir application, allowing you to evaluate Python code and conveniently convert between Python and Elixir data structures.

https://github.com/livebook-dev/pythonx

Specializing Python with E-graphs

This blog post introduces egglog, a new library that combines equality saturation and datalog, offering advantages over traditional e-graph libraries like egg. It highlights egglog's cleaner syntax, efficient execution through database techniques, and improved performance in areas like multi-pattern matching and incremental e-matching.

https://vectorfold.studio/blog/egglog