Real Python: Using Python Optional Arguments When Defining Functions
Link: https://realpython.com/python-optional-arguments/
You define Python functions with optional arguments to make them flexible and reusable. By assigning default values, using *args for variable arguments, or **kwargs for keyword arguments, you let your
Link: https://realpython.com/python-optional-arguments/
You define Python functions with optional arguments to make them flexible and reusable. By assigning default values, using *args for variable arguments, or **kwargs for keyword arguments, you let your
Realpython
Using Python Optional Arguments When Defining Functions – Real Python
Use Python optional arguments to handle variable inputs. Learn to build flexible function and avoid common errors when setting defaults.
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Welcome to the highlights and key takeaways from the recently released Django Developers Survey. Now in its fourth year, this annual collaboration between the Django Software Foundation and PyCharm t
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Welcome to the highlights and key takeaways from the recently released Django Developers Survey. Now in its fourth year, this annual collaboration between the Django Software Foundation and PyCharm t
Python Bytes: #455 Gilded Python and Beyond
Link: https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/455/gilded-python-and-beyond
<strong>Topics covered in this episode:</strong><br>
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<li><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/18hn2t1/cyclopts_a_cli_library_that_fixes_13_annoying/?featured_on=pythonbytes
Link: https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/455/gilded-python-and-beyond
<strong>Topics covered in this episode:</strong><br>
<ul>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/18hn2t1/cyclopts_a_cli_library_that_fixes_13_annoying/?featured_on=pythonbytes
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Gilded Python and Beyond
News and announcements from the Python community for the week of Oct 27th, 2025
Real Python: Speed Up Python With Concurrency
Link: https://realpython.com/courses/speed-python-concurrency/
Concurrency is the act of having your computer do multiple things at the same time. If you’ve heard a lot of talk about asyncio being added to Python but are curious how it compares to other concurren
Link: https://realpython.com/courses/speed-python-concurrency/
Concurrency is the act of having your computer do multiple things at the same time. If you’ve heard a lot of talk about asyncio being added to Python but are curious how it compares to other concurren
Realpython
Speed Up Python With Concurrency – Real Python
Learn what concurrency means in Python and why you might want to use it. You'll see a simple, non-concurrent approach and then look into why you'd want threading, asyncio, or multiprocessing.
Will Kahn-Greene: Open Source Project Maintenance 2025
Link: https://bluesock.org/~willkg/blog/dev/maintenance_2025.html
Every October, I do a maintenance pass on all my projects. At a minimum, that
involves dropping support for whatever Python version is no longer supported
and adding support for the most recently rele
Link: https://bluesock.org/~willkg/blog/dev/maintenance_2025.html
Every October, I do a maintenance pass on all my projects. At a minimum, that
involves dropping support for whatever Python version is no longer supported
and adding support for the most recently rele
Will's Blog
Open Source Project Maintenance 2025
Every October, I do a maintenance pass on all my projects. At a minimum, that
involves dropping support for whatever Python version is no longer supported
and adding support for the most recently rele
involves dropping support for whatever Python version is no longer supported
and adding support for the most recently rele
Christian Ledermann: Scratching the Itch, Paying the Debt: How Community Keeps Legacy Open Source Projects Alive
Link: https://dev.to/ldrscke/scratching-the-itch-paying-the-debt-how-community-keeps-legacy-open-source-projects-alive-5gb0
Introduction
Every developer has that one project that started as a personal solution and unexpectedly found a life of its own. For me, that was FastKML, a library I built in 2012 to “scratch my own
Link: https://dev.to/ldrscke/scratching-the-itch-paying-the-debt-how-community-keeps-legacy-open-source-projects-alive-5gb0
Introduction
Every developer has that one project that started as a personal solution and unexpectedly found a life of its own. For me, that was FastKML, a library I built in 2012 to “scratch my own
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Scratching the Itch, Paying the Debt: How Community Keeps Legacy Open Source Projects Alive
This is the story of FastKML and PyGeoIf, two Python libraries born over a decade ago when KML was the web map standard. As the code aged and technical debt mounted, a multi-year effort began to modernize them with type hints and cutting-edge testing. A journey…
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #706: Quasars, Faking Data, GIL-free Web, and More (Oct. 28, 2025)
Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/706
#706 – OCTOBER 28, 2025 View in Browser » Investigating Quasars With Polars and marimo Learn to visualize quasar redshift data by building an interactive marimo dashboard using Polars, pandas, a
Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/706
#706 – OCTOBER 28, 2025 View in Browser » Investigating Quasars With Polars and marimo Learn to visualize quasar redshift data by building an interactive marimo dashboard using Polars, pandas, a
Pycoders
PyCoder’s Weekly | Issue #706
Quasars, Faking Data, GIL-free Web, and More
Python Morsels: __dict__: where Python stores attributes
Link: https://www.pythonmorsels.com/__dict__/
Most Python objects store their attributes in a __dict__ dictionary. Modules and classes always use __dict__, but not everything does.
Table of contents
A class with some attributes
The __dict__ a
Link: https://www.pythonmorsels.com/__dict__/
Most Python objects store their attributes in a __dict__ dictionary. Modules and classes always use __dict__, but not everything does.
Table of contents
A class with some attributes
The __dict__ a
Pythonmorsels
__dict__: where Python stores attributes
Most Python objects store their attributes in a __dict__ dictionary. Modules and classes always use __dict__, but not everything does.
Real Python: Logging in Python
Link: https://realpython.com/python-logging/
Logging in Python lets you record important information about your program’s execution. You use the built-in logging module to capture logs, which provide insights into application flow, errors, and u
Link: https://realpython.com/python-logging/
Logging in Python lets you record important information about your program’s execution. You use the built-in logging module to capture logs, which provide insights into application flow, errors, and u
Realpython
Logging in Python – Real Python
If you use Python's print() function to get information about the flow of your programs, logging is the natural next step. Create your first logs and curate them to grow with your projects.
Antonio Cuni: Inside SPy, part 1: Motivations and Goals
Link: https://antocuni.eu/2025/10/29/inside-spy-part-1-motivations-and-goals/
Inside SPy🥸, part 1: Motivations and GoalsThis is the first of a series of posts in which I will try to give a deep explanation ofSPy, including motivations, goals, rules of thelanguage, differences w
Link: https://antocuni.eu/2025/10/29/inside-spy-part-1-motivations-and-goals/
Inside SPy🥸, part 1: Motivations and GoalsThis is the first of a series of posts in which I will try to give a deep explanation ofSPy, including motivations, goals, rules of thelanguage, differences w
Patrick Altman: How We Continually Deliver Software
Link: https://wedgworth.dev/how-we-continually-deliver-software/
We currently have five different web applications in production and they all share a very similar stack - Django/Vue/Docker/PostgreSQL (some with Redis/django-rq for background tasks).We have develope
Link: https://wedgworth.dev/how-we-continually-deliver-software/
We currently have five different web applications in production and they all share a very similar stack - Django/Vue/Docker/PostgreSQL (some with Redis/django-rq for background tasks).We have develope
Wedgworth Technology
How We Continually Deliver Software
We've open-sourced a reusable set of Github Actions that enable us to move fast and continually deliver high quality software.
Django Weblog: DSF member of the month - Anna Makarudze
Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/oct/30/dsf-member-of-the-month-anna-makarudze/
Due to the Malcolm Tredinnick Memorial Prize announcement in September, we paused our regular DSF Member of the Month feature for that month.
For October 2025, we welcome Anna Makarudze as our DSF me
Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/oct/30/dsf-member-of-the-month-anna-makarudze/
Due to the Malcolm Tredinnick Memorial Prize announcement in September, we paused our regular DSF Member of the Month feature for that month.
For October 2025, we welcome Anna Makarudze as our DSF me
Django Project
DSF member of the month - Anna Makarudze
Posted by Sarah Abderemane on Oct. 30, 2025
Django Weblog: Django is now a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)
Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/oct/30/django-is-now-a-cve-numbering-authority-cna/
We’re proud to announce the Django Software Foundation has been authorized by the CVE Program as a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)!
What it means for Django to be a CNA
Our security team deals with vul
Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/oct/30/django-is-now-a-cve-numbering-authority-cna/
We’re proud to announce the Django Software Foundation has been authorized by the CVE Program as a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)!
What it means for Django to be a CNA
Our security team deals with vul
Django Project
Django is now a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)
Posted by CNA Coordinators Thibaud Colas, Natalia Bidart, Jacob Walls on Oct. 30, 2025
Quansight Labs Blog: Exploring & Improving the Thread Safety of NumPy's Test Suite
Link: https://labs.quansight.org/blog/numpy-thread-safe-test-suite
With the release of free-threaded builds of Python, it's more important than ever to ensure Python code is thread-safe. Here I detail my journey making the NumPy test suite thread-safe over the course
Link: https://labs.quansight.org/blog/numpy-thread-safe-test-suite
With the release of free-threaded builds of Python, it's more important than ever to ensure Python code is thread-safe. Here I detail my journey making the NumPy test suite thread-safe over the course
labs.quansight.org
Exploring & Improving the Thread Safety of NumPy's Test Suite
With the release of free-threaded builds of Python, it's more important than ever to ensure Python code is thread-safe. Here I detail my journey making the NumPy test suite thread-safe over the course of my internship.
Ned Batchelder: Side project advice
Link: https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202510/side_project_advice.html
Last night was a Boston Python project night where I
had a good conversation with a few people that was mostly guided by questions
from a nice guy named Mark.How to write nice code in researchMark wor
Link: https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202510/side_project_advice.html
Last night was a Boston Python project night where I
had a good conversation with a few people that was mostly guided by questions
from a nice guy named Mark.How to write nice code in researchMark wor
Nedbatchelder
Side project advice
A chat about side projects from a Boston Python project night: choose your paths and forgive yourself.
Zero to Mastery: [October 2025] Python Monthly Newsletter 🐍
Link: https://zerotomastery.io/blog/python-monthly-newsletter-october-2025/?utm_source=python-rss-feed
71st issue of Andrei's Python Monthly: Customizing Your Python REPL, AI Coding Trap, and much more. Read the full newsletter to get up-to-date with everything you need to know from last month.
Link: https://zerotomastery.io/blog/python-monthly-newsletter-october-2025/?utm_source=python-rss-feed
71st issue of Andrei's Python Monthly: Customizing Your Python REPL, AI Coding Trap, and much more. Read the full newsletter to get up-to-date with everything you need to know from last month.
Zero To Mastery
[October 2025] Python Monthly Newsletter 💻🐍 | Zero To Mastery
Andrei Neagoie's must-read monthly Python Newsletter read by 15,000+ Pythonistas. Get up-to-date with the top Python news from last month.
PythonClub - A Brazilian collaborative blog about Python: Testando código que chama serviços da AWS
Link: https://pythonclub.com.br/testando-codigo-aws.html
Recentemente li o texto do Maycon Alves, "3 algoritmos para você sua lógica", onde são apresentados 3 problemas para treinar a lógica e escrita de algoritmos: cálculo de fatorial, identificar se um nú
Link: https://pythonclub.com.br/testando-codigo-aws.html
Recentemente li o texto do Maycon Alves, "3 algoritmos para você sua lógica", onde são apresentados 3 problemas para treinar a lógica e escrita de algoritmos: cálculo de fatorial, identificar se um nú
PythonClub
Testando código que chama serviços da AWS
Recentemente li o texto do Maycon Alves,
Real Python: The Real Python Podcast – Episode #272: Michael Kennedy: Managing Your Own Python Infrastructure
Link: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/272/
How do you deploy your Python application without getting locked into an expensive cloud-based service? This week on the show, Michael Kennedy from the Talk Python podcast returns to discuss his new b
Link: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/272/
How do you deploy your Python application without getting locked into an expensive cloud-based service? This week on the show, Michael Kennedy from the Talk Python podcast returns to discuss his new b
Realpython
Episode #272: Michael Kennedy: Managing Your Own Python Infrastructure – The Real Python Podcast
How do you deploy your Python application without getting locked into an expensive cloud-based service? This week on the show, Michael Kennedy from the Talk Python podcast returns to discuss his new book, "Talk Python in Production."
Kushal Das: Not anymore a director at the PSF board
Link: https://kushaldas.in/posts/not-anymore-a-director-at-psf.html
This month I did the last meeting as a director of the Python Software
Foundation board, the new board already had their first meeting.
I decided not to rerun in the election as:
I was a director f
Link: https://kushaldas.in/posts/not-anymore-a-director-at-psf.html
This month I did the last meeting as a director of the Python Software
Foundation board, the new board already had their first meeting.
I decided not to rerun in the election as:
I was a director f
PyCon: PyCon US 2026 - Call for Proposals Now Open!
Link: https://pycon.blogspot.com/2025/10/pycon-us-2026-call-for-proposals-now.html
We’re so excited to announce that PyCon US 2026 is heading to California for our first year in our sunny new host city of Long Beach, CA!We’re also excited to announce the launch of our conference web
Link: https://pycon.blogspot.com/2025/10/pycon-us-2026-call-for-proposals-now.html
We’re so excited to announce that PyCon US 2026 is heading to California for our first year in our sunny new host city of Long Beach, CA!We’re also excited to announce the launch of our conference web
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PyCon US 2026 - Call for Proposals Now Open!
We’re so excited to announce that PyCon US 2026 is heading to California for our first year in our sunny new host city of Long Beach, CA ! W...
Django Weblog: Django Developers Survey 2025 results
Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/oct/31/django-developers-survey-2025-results/
The results from the 2025 Django Developers Survey are now available. This is the fourth annual report conducted from November 2024 to January 2025 by the Django Software Foundation in collaboration w
Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/oct/31/django-developers-survey-2025-results/
The results from the 2025 Django Developers Survey are now available. This is the fourth annual report conducted from November 2024 to January 2025 by the Django Software Foundation in collaboration w
Django Project
Django Developers Survey 2025 results
Posted by William Vincent on Oct. 31, 2025