Python⇒Speed: The best Docker base image for your Python application (February 2026)
Link: https://pythonspeed.com/articles/base-image-python-docker-images/
When you’re building a Docker image for your Python application, you’re building on top of an existing image—and there are many possible choices for the resulting container.
There are OS images like U
Link: https://pythonspeed.com/articles/base-image-python-docker-images/
When you’re building a Docker image for your Python application, you’re building on top of an existing image—and there are many possible choices for the resulting container.
There are OS images like U
Python⇒Speed
The best Docker base image for your Python application (February 2026)
Ubuntu? Official Python images? Alpine Linux? Or maybe just use uv? Choose a good base Docker image for your Python application container.
Eli Bendersky: Rewriting pycparser with the help of an LLM
Link: https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2026/rewriting-pycparser-with-the-help-of-an-llm/
pycparser is my most widely used open
source project (with ~20M daily downloads from PyPI [1]). It's a pure-Python
parser for the C programming language, producing ASTs inspired by Python's
own. Until
Link: https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2026/rewriting-pycparser-with-the-help-of-an-llm/
pycparser is my most widely used open
source project (with ~20M daily downloads from PyPI [1]). It's a pure-Python
parser for the C programming language, producing ASTs inspired by Python's
own. Until
PyBites: Building Useful AI with Asif Pinjari
Link: https://pybit.es/articles/building-useful-ai-with-asif-pinjari/
I interview a lot of professionals and developers, from 20-year veterans to people just starting out on their Python journey.
But my conversation with Asif Pinjari was different.
Asif is still a stud
Link: https://pybit.es/articles/building-useful-ai-with-asif-pinjari/
I interview a lot of professionals and developers, from 20-year veterans to people just starting out on their Python journey.
But my conversation with Asif Pinjari was different.
Asif is still a stud
Pybites
Building Useful AI With Asif Pinjari - Pybites
I interview a lot of professionals and developers, from 20-year veterans to people just starting out on their Python journey.
Peter Hoffmann: Local macOS Dev Setup: dnsmasq + caddy-snake for python projects
Link: https://peter-hoffmann.com/2026/local-mac-dev-setup-with-dnsmasq-and-caddy.html
When working on a single web project, running flask run on a fixed port is
usually more than sufficient. However, as soon as you start developing
multiple services in parallel, this approach quickly b
Link: https://peter-hoffmann.com/2026/local-mac-dev-setup-with-dnsmasq-and-caddy.html
When working on a single web project, running flask run on a fixed port is
usually more than sufficient. However, as soon as you start developing
multiple services in parallel, this approach quickly b
Peter-Hoffmann
Local macOS Dev Setup: dnsmasq + caddy-snake for python projects
This guide is about setting up a clean development for python wsgi web services on MacOS with wildcard domains, caddy serving multiple Python WSGI services and automatic startup on boot.
Stéphane Wirtel: Certified AI Developer - A Journey of Growth, Grief, and New Beginning
Link: https://wirtel.be/post/2026/02/05/2026-certified-ai-developer/
✨ The Certification Just Arrived!
I just received word from Alyra – I’ve officially completed the AI Developer Certification, successfully mastering the fundamentals of Machine Learning and Deep Learn
Link: https://wirtel.be/post/2026/02/05/2026-certified-ai-developer/
✨ The Certification Just Arrived!
I just received word from Alyra – I’ve officially completed the AI Developer Certification, successfully mastering the fundamentals of Machine Learning and Deep Learn
Stéphane Wirtel — Senior Python Consultant
Certified AI Developer - A Journey of Growth, Grief, and New Beginning
Three intense months learning AI fundamentals: My journey through Alyra's Machine Learning and Deep Learning certification
Real Python: The Real Python Podcast – Episode #283: Improving Your GitHub Developer Experience
Link: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/283/
What are ways to improve how you're using GitHub? How can you collaborate more effectively and improve your technical writing? This week on the show, Adam Johnson is back to talk about his new book, "
Link: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/283/
What are ways to improve how you're using GitHub? How can you collaborate more effectively and improve your technical writing? This week on the show, Adam Johnson is back to talk about his new book, "
Realpython
Episode #283: Improving Your GitHub Developer Experience – The Real Python Podcast
What are ways to improve how you're using GitHub? How can you collaborate more effectively and improve your technical writing? This week on the show, Adam Johnson is back to talk about his new book, "Boost Your GitHub DX: Tame the Octocat and Elevate Your…
Chris Warrick: Deploying Python Web Applications with Docker
Link: https://chriswarrick.com/blog/2026/02/06/deploying-python-web-applications-with-docker/
Ten years ago, almost to the day, I wrote a very long blog post titled Deploying Python Web Applications with nginx and uWSGI Emperor. This week, I’ve migrated the Python web applications hosted on my
Link: https://chriswarrick.com/blog/2026/02/06/deploying-python-web-applications-with-docker/
Ten years ago, almost to the day, I wrote a very long blog post titled Deploying Python Web Applications with nginx and uWSGI Emperor. This week, I’ve migrated the Python web applications hosted on my
Chris Warrick
Deploying Python Web Applications with Docker
Friendship ended with uWSGI Emperor, now Docker is my best friend
Kevin Renskers: It's time to leave Heroku
Link: https://www.loopwerk.io/articles/2026/time-to-leave-heroku/
Back in the day Heroku felt like magic for small Django side projects. You pushed to main, it built and deployed automatically, and the free tier was generous enough that you could experiment without
Link: https://www.loopwerk.io/articles/2026/time-to-leave-heroku/
Back in the day Heroku felt like magic for small Django side projects. You pushed to main, it built and deployed automatically, and the free tier was generous enough that you could experiment without
Loopwerk
It's time to leave Heroku
Heroku just announced it's entering "sustaining engineering mode". No new features, no enterprise contracts for new customers. After years of security breaches, outages, price hikes, and technological stagnation, it's time to leave.
The Python Coding Stack: What’s The Point of `itemgetter()` in Python? • [Club]
Link: https://www.thepythoncodingstack.com/p/whats-the-point-of-itemgetter-in-python
The first time I saw itemgetter(), I did what I’d normally do when I come across a new tool. I looked up the docs, opened a REPL, and explored a bit.And my reaction at first was: “So what?! This tool
Link: https://www.thepythoncodingstack.com/p/whats-the-point-of-itemgetter-in-python
The first time I saw itemgetter(), I did what I’d normally do when I come across a new tool. I looked up the docs, opened a REPL, and explored a bit.And my reaction at first was: “So what?! This tool
Thepythoncodingstack
What’s The Point of `itemgetter()` in Python? • [Club]
You’ve come across `operator.itemgetter()`, but you feel it’s redundant? Let’s explore
Talk Python Blog: Talk Python now has a CLI
Link: https://talkpython.fm/blog/posts/talk-python-now-has-a-cli/
TL;DR: Talk Python now has an open-source CLI tool (talk-python-cli) that lets you search 500+ podcast episodes, transcripts, guests, and training courses directly from your terminal. Install it with
Link: https://talkpython.fm/blog/posts/talk-python-now-has-a-cli/
TL;DR: Talk Python now has an open-source CLI tool (talk-python-cli) that lets you search 500+ podcast episodes, transcripts, guests, and training courses directly from your terminal. Install it with
talkpython.fm
Talk Python now has a CLI
Talk Python To Me now has an open-source CLI tool that lets you search over 500 podcast episodes, full transcripts, guests, and training courses directly from your terminal. Built for three audiences: humans get Rich-formatted text, programs get JSON, and…
EuroPython: Humans of EuroPython: Jake Balas
Link: https://blog.europython.eu/humans-of-ep-jake/
Every year, thousands of Python enthusiasts gather at EuroPython to share knowledge, forge connections, and celebrate our vibrant community. But behind the seamless workshops, engaging talks, and memo
Link: https://blog.europython.eu/humans-of-ep-jake/
Every year, thousands of Python enthusiasts gather at EuroPython to share knowledge, forge connections, and celebrate our vibrant community. But behind the seamless workshops, engaging talks, and memo
EuroPython Blog
Humans of EuroPython: Jake Balas
Every year, thousands of Python enthusiasts gather at EuroPython to share knowledge, forge connections, and celebrate our vibrant community. Today, we're thrilled to introduce you to Jake Balas. In addition to being a member of the Operations Team, Jake led…
Armin Ronacher: A Language For Agents
Link: https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/2/9/a-language-for-agents/
Last year I first started thinking about what the future of programming
languages might look like now that agentic engineering is a growing thing.
Initially I felt that the enormous corpus of pre-exis
Link: https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/2/9/a-language-for-agents/
Last year I first started thinking about what the future of programming
languages might look like now that agentic engineering is a growing thing.
Initially I felt that the enormous corpus of pre-exis
Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings
A Language For Agents
What programming languages would agents want to program in?
EuroPython Society: EuroPython Society at FOSDEM 2026
Link: https://www.europython-society.org/europython-society-at-fosdem-2026/
FOSDEM is Europe&aposs largest free and open source software conference, bringing together thousands of developers every year in Brussels. Members of the EuroPython Society have been attending for a l
Link: https://www.europython-society.org/europython-society-at-fosdem-2026/
FOSDEM is Europe&aposs largest free and open source software conference, bringing together thousands of developers every year in Brussels. Members of the EuroPython Society have been attending for a l
EuroPython Society
EuroPython Society at FOSDEM 2026
FOSDEM is Europe's largest free and open source software conference, bringing together thousands of developers every year in Brussels. Members of the EuroPython Society have been attending for a long time, and this year marked the first time in many years…
Ned Batchelder: EdText
Link: https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202602/edtext
I have a new small project: edtext provides text
selection and manipulation functions inspired by the classic ed
text editor.I’ve long used cog to build documentation and HTML
presentations. Cog inter
Link: https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202602/edtext
I have a new small project: edtext provides text
selection and manipulation functions inspired by the classic ed
text editor.I’ve long used cog to build documentation and HTML
presentations. Cog inter
Nedbatchelder
EdText
edtext is a utility inspired by the ed editor for selecting and manipulating lines of text.
PyBites: How Dependency Injection makes your FastAPI Code Better Testable
Link: https://pybit.es/articles/dependency-injection-more-testable-code/
Most Python web frameworks make you choose between testability and convenience. You either have clean code with complex test setup, or you use global state and hope your tests don’t interfere with eac
Link: https://pybit.es/articles/dependency-injection-more-testable-code/
Most Python web frameworks make you choose between testability and convenience. You either have clean code with complex test setup, or you use global state and hope your tests don’t interfere with eac
Pybites
How Dependency Injection Makes Your FastAPI Code Better Testable - Pybites
FastAPI's Depends() solves this elegantly.
Real Python: pandas 3.0 Lands Breaking Changes and Other Python News for February 2026
Link: https://realpython.com/python-news-february-2026/
Last month brought exciting performance news for Python! The Python 3.15 alphas showed JIT compiler speed gains of up to 7–8% on some platforms, while pandas released version 3.0, delivering the most
Link: https://realpython.com/python-news-february-2026/
Last month brought exciting performance news for Python! The Python 3.15 alphas showed JIT compiler speed gains of up to 7–8% on some platforms, while pandas released version 3.0, delivering the most
Real Python
pandas 3.0 Lands Breaking Changes and Other Python News for February 2026 – Real Python
Catch up on the latest Python news: pandas 3.0 breaking changes, Python 3.15 alpha JIT gains, PyTorch 2.10 deprecations, and PSF updates.
Ari Lamstein: New GeoPandas Tutorial Published on RealPython
Link: https://arilamstein.com/blog/2026/02/09/new-geopandas-tutorial-published-on-realpython/
I just published a new tutorial on RealPython: GeoPandas Basics: Maps, Projections and Spatial Joins.
If you’re interested in using Python to make maps or analyze spatial data, then I recommend checki
Link: https://arilamstein.com/blog/2026/02/09/new-geopandas-tutorial-published-on-realpython/
I just published a new tutorial on RealPython: GeoPandas Basics: Maps, Projections and Spatial Joins.
If you’re interested in using Python to make maps or analyze spatial data, then I recommend checki
Ari Lamstein
New GeoPandas Tutorial Published on RealPython
I just published a new tutorial on RealPython: GeoPandas Basics: Maps, Projections and Spatial Joins. If you’re interested in using Python to make maps or analyze spatial data, then I recomme…
Python Bytes: #469 Commands, out of the terminal
Link: https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/469/commands-out-of-the-terminal
Topics covered in this episode:
Command Book App
uvx.sh: Install Python tools without uv or Python
Ending 15 years of subprocess polling
monty: A minimal, secure Python interpreter written in Rust fo
Link: https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/469/commands-out-of-the-terminal
Topics covered in this episode:
Command Book App
uvx.sh: Install Python tools without uv or Python
Ending 15 years of subprocess polling
monty: A minimal, secure Python interpreter written in Rust fo
pythonbytes.fm
Commands, out of the terminal
News and announcements from the Python community for the week of Feb 9th, 2026
Ari Lamstein: New GeoPandas Tutorial Published on RealPython
Link: https://arilamstein.com/blog/2026/02/09/new-geopandas-tutorial-published-on-realpython-2/
I just published a new tutorial on RealPython: GeoPandas Basics: Maps, Projections and Spatial Joins.
If you’re interested in using Python to make maps or analyze spatial data, then I recommend checki
Link: https://arilamstein.com/blog/2026/02/09/new-geopandas-tutorial-published-on-realpython-2/
I just published a new tutorial on RealPython: GeoPandas Basics: Maps, Projections and Spatial Joins.
If you’re interested in using Python to make maps or analyze spatial data, then I recommend checki
Ari Lamstein
New GeoPandas Tutorial Published on RealPython
I just published a new tutorial on RealPython: GeoPandas Basics: Maps, Projections and Spatial Joins. If you’re interested in using Python to make maps or analyze spatial data, then I recomme…
death and gravity: DynamoDB crash course: part 2 – data model
Link: https://death.andgravity.com/dynamodb-model
This is part two of a series
covering core DynamoDB concepts,
from philosophy
all the way to single-table design.
The goal is to get you
to understand idiomatic usage and trade-offs
in under an hour.
Link: https://death.andgravity.com/dynamodb-model
This is part two of a series
covering core DynamoDB concepts,
from philosophy
all the way to single-table design.
The goal is to get you
to understand idiomatic usage and trade-offs
in under an hour.
death and gravity
DynamoDB crash course: part 2 – data model
This is part two of a series covering core DynamoDB concepts, from philosophy all the way to single-table design. The goal is to get you to understand idiomatic usage and trade-offs in under an hour. Today, we're looking at the DynamoDB data model – what…
Python Software Foundation: Introducing the PSF Community Partner Program
Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/02/introducing-psf-community-partner.html
The Python Software Foundation (PSF) is excited to announce the introduction of the PSF Community Partner Program. This new program is designed as an “in-kind” way for us to support Python events and
Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/02/introducing-psf-community-partner.html
The Python Software Foundation (PSF) is excited to announce the introduction of the PSF Community Partner Program. This new program is designed as an “in-kind” way for us to support Python events and
Python Software Foundation Blog
Introducing the PSF Community Partner Program
The Python Software Foundation (PSF) is excited to announce the introduction of the PSF Community Partner Program . This new program is desi...