Real Python: Quiz: Exceptions, Logging, and Debugging
Link: https://realpython.com/quizzes/exception-handling-logging-debugging/
In this quiz, you’ll revisit the core concepts covered in the
Exceptions, Logging, and Debugging learning path:
Learning Path
Exceptions, Logging, and Debugging
8 Resources ⋅ Skills: Python, Exc
Link: https://realpython.com/quizzes/exception-handling-logging-debugging/
In this quiz, you’ll revisit the core concepts covered in the
Exceptions, Logging, and Debugging learning path:
Learning Path
Exceptions, Logging, and Debugging
8 Resources ⋅ Skills: Python, Exc
Realpython
Exceptions, Logging, and Debugging Quiz – Real Python
Test what you've learned in the Exceptions, Logging, and Debugging path. Practice handling errors, raising exceptions, and using logging.
Real Python: Quiz: Visualizing Data in Python With Seaborn
Link: https://realpython.com/quizzes/python-seaborn/
In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of
Visualizing Data in Python With Seaborn.
By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit how seaborn produces polished
statistical plots, including bar plo
Link: https://realpython.com/quizzes/python-seaborn/
In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of
Visualizing Data in Python With Seaborn.
By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit how seaborn produces polished
statistical plots, including bar plo
Realpython
Visualizing Data in Python With Seaborn Quiz – Real Python
Practice creating statistical plots in Python with seaborn. Compare the classic functional interface with the newer objects interface.
Real Python: Quiz: BNF Notation: Dive Deeper Into Python's Grammar
Link: https://realpython.com/quizzes/python-bnf-notation/
In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of
BNF Notation: Dive Deeper Into Python’s Grammar.
By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit how to read Python’s grammar
rules, recognize terminals an
Link: https://realpython.com/quizzes/python-bnf-notation/
In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of
BNF Notation: Dive Deeper Into Python’s Grammar.
By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit how to read Python’s grammar
rules, recognize terminals an
Realpython
BNF Notation: Dive Deeper Into Python's Grammar Quiz – Real Python
Test your understanding of BNF notation and how to read Python's grammar rules in the official documentation.
Bob Belderbos: Two Python Scoping Bugs: A Lesson in Object Lifetimes
Link: https://belderbos.dev/blog/two-scoping-bugs-object-lifetimes/
Your app works fine with one user. You open a second browser tab and the data is wrong. Your tests pass individually but fail when run together. The culprit: a global object created at module scope.
H
Link: https://belderbos.dev/blog/two-scoping-bugs-object-lifetimes/
Your app works fine with one user. You open a second browser tab and the data is wrong. Your tests pass individually but fail when run together. The culprit: a global object created at module scope.
H
belderbos.dev
Two Python Scoping Bugs: A Lesson in Object Lifetimes
Two Python bugs with opposite symptoms but the same root cause: picking the wrong scope for a stateful object.
Seth Michael Larson: How much “Super Mario” per year?
Link: https://sethmlarson.dev/super-mario-per-year?utm_campaign=rss
It's impossible to objectively quantify art, but we try anyway.
For example: Is “Super Mario” a good video-game franchise?
Looking at review scores, Super Mario includes some of the most universally-a
Link: https://sethmlarson.dev/super-mario-per-year?utm_campaign=rss
It's impossible to objectively quantify art, but we try anyway.
For example: Is “Super Mario” a good video-game franchise?
Looking at review scores, Super Mario includes some of the most universally-a
sethmlarson.dev
How much “Super Mario” per year?
It's impossible to objectively quantify art, but we try anyway.
For example: Is “Super Mario” a good video-game franchise?
Looking at review scores, Super Mario includes some of the most universal...
For example: Is “Super Mario” a good video-game franchise?
Looking at review scores, Super Mario includes some of the most universal...
Ned Batchelder: Snake way for ducklings
Link: https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202605/snake_way_for_ducklings
This is the mascot for Boston Python.
It’s called Snake Way for Ducklings:My son Ben drew it, which makes me very happy. He also drew
Sleepy Snake. Wearing this image on a
shirt around PyCon, I had
t
Link: https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202605/snake_way_for_ducklings
This is the mascot for Boston Python.
It’s called Snake Way for Ducklings:My son Ben drew it, which makes me very happy. He also drew
Sleepy Snake. Wearing this image on a
shirt around PyCon, I had
t
Ned Batchelder
Snake way for ducklings
An explanation for non-Bostonians of the Boston Python mascot.
Real Python: Quiz: Python's assert: Debug and Test Your Code Like a Pro
Link: https://realpython.com/quizzes/python-assert-statement/
In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of
Python’s assert: Debug and Test Your Code Like a Pro.
By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit how assertions help you debug, test,
and document you
Link: https://realpython.com/quizzes/python-assert-statement/
In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of
Python’s assert: Debug and Test Your Code Like a Pro.
By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit how assertions help you debug, test,
and document you
Realpython
Python's assert: Debug and Test Your Code Like a Pro Quiz – Real Python
Test your understanding of Python's assert statement. Learn when to use assertions for debugging, testing, and documenting your code.
Real Python: The Real Python Podcast – Episode #297: Improving Python Through PEPs and Protocols
Link: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/297/
Have you ever been confused by the naming of modules you're importing from a package? Is there a standard way to organize and name your Python virtual environments? This week on the show, Brett Cannon
Link: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/297/
Have you ever been confused by the naming of modules you're importing from a package? Is there a standard way to organize and name your Python virtual environments? This week on the show, Brett Cannon
Realpython
Episode #297: Improving Python Through PEPs and Protocols – The Real Python Podcast
Have you ever been confused by the naming of modules you're importing from a package? Is there a standard way to organize and name your Python virtual environments? This week on the show, Brett Cannon returns to discuss the Python Enhancement Proposals (PEPs)…
Bob Belderbos: The control layer is the product, not the model
Link: https://belderbos.dev/blog/control-layer-is-the-product/
Gary Bernhardt posted something this week that names a phenomenon we're teaching in our agentic AI cohort:
Everyone seems fixated on the models, but I think there's so much low-hanging fruit in the c
Link: https://belderbos.dev/blog/control-layer-is-the-product/
Gary Bernhardt posted something this week that names a phenomenon we're teaching in our agentic AI cohort:
Everyone seems fixated on the models, but I think there's so much low-hanging fruit in the c
belderbos.dev
The control layer is the product, not the model
Gary Bernhardt called out the LLM fixation. The real work is the control layer above the model. Four patterns that make production AI reliable.
Talk Python to Me: #550: AI Contributions and Maintainer Load in Open Source
Link: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/550/ai-contributions-and-maintainer-load-in-open-source
You wake up, brew the coffee, open GitHub, and there it is. Another pull request on your open source project. Thirteen thousand lines added. No issue filed first. No discussion. Just "here, please rev
Link: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/550/ai-contributions-and-maintainer-load-in-open-source
You wake up, brew the coffee, open GitHub, and there it is. Another pull request on your open source project. Thirteen thousand lines added. No issue filed first. No discussion. Just "here, please rev
talkpython.fm
AI Contributions and Maintainer Load in Open Source
You wake up, brew the coffee, open GitHub, and there it is. Another pull request on your open source project. Thirteen thousand lines added. No issue filed first. No discussion. Just 'here, please review this for me.' Over the past year, GitHub activity…
death and gravity: DynamoDB crash course: part 3 – design patterns
Link: https://death.andgravity.com/dynamodb-patterns
This is the last part of a series
covering core DynamoDB concepts.
The goal is to help you
understand idiomatic usage and trade-offs
in under an hour.
In the first part,
I summarized DynamoDB's main p
Link: https://death.andgravity.com/dynamodb-patterns
This is the last part of a series
covering core DynamoDB concepts.
The goal is to help you
understand idiomatic usage and trade-offs
in under an hour.
In the first part,
I summarized DynamoDB's main p
death and gravity
DynamoDB crash course: part 3 – design patterns
This is the last part of a series covering core DynamoDB philosophy, concepts and patterns; the goal to help you understand idiomatic usage and trade-offs in under an hour. Today, we're looking at data modeling patterns – how to manage the complexity that…
Speed Matters: Scandir Rs
Link: https://brmmm3.github.io/2026/06/01/scandir-rs/
layout: post
title: scandir-rs
tagline: Blazing-fast directory traversal for Python — up to 70× faster than os.walk.
date: 2026-06-01 08:40:00 +0100
categories: posts
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scandir-rs: High-Performa
Link: https://brmmm3.github.io/2026/06/01/scandir-rs/
layout: post
title: scandir-rs
tagline: Blazing-fast directory traversal for Python — up to 70× faster than os.walk.
date: 2026-06-01 08:40:00 +0100
categories: posts
—————–
scandir-rs: High-Performa
Yair Lenga: jsonfold: Making Pretty-Printed JSON Compact and Readable Again in Python
Link: https://medium.com/@yair.lenga/a-streaming-json-formatter-that-works-with-existing-serializers-eced220da37d
Most JSON serializers force a choice between compact machine output and fully expanded pretty-printing. This article explores a middle ground: a hybrid JSON formatter for Python that keeps nested pay
Link: https://medium.com/@yair.lenga/a-streaming-json-formatter-that-works-with-existing-serializers-eced220da37d
Most JSON serializers force a choice between compact machine output and fully expanded pretty-printing. This article explores a middle ground: a hybrid JSON formatter for Python that keeps nested pay
Medium
jsonfold: Making Pretty-Printed JSON Compact and Readable in Python
A Python streaming post-filter for compact, human-readable JSON with configurable formatting behavior.
PyCon Ireland: Call for Proposals Now Open
Link: https://2026.pycon.ie/blog/call-for-proposals/
We’re excited to announce that the Call for Proposals (CFP) for PyCon Ireland 2026 is now open!
We Want to Hear From You
Whether you’re a first-time speaker or an experienced presenter, we’d love to h
Link: https://2026.pycon.ie/blog/call-for-proposals/
We’re excited to announce that the Call for Proposals (CFP) for PyCon Ireland 2026 is now open!
We Want to Hear From You
Whether you’re a first-time speaker or an experienced presenter, we’d love to h
PyCon Ireland 2026
Call for Proposals Now Open | PyCon Ireland 2026
Submit your talk proposal for PyCon Ireland 2026. We're looking for speakers of all experience levels.
Bob Belderbos: AI Human-in-the-loop: News Digest Triage Telegram Bot
Link: https://belderbos.dev/blog/human-in-the-loop-telegram-bot-python/
In my trend digest article I shared a quick tool to keep on top of tech trends, but it's a one-way street: the model gives information, but I still have to decide what to do with it. Let's build the s
Link: https://belderbos.dev/blog/human-in-the-loop-telegram-bot-python/
In my trend digest article I shared a quick tool to keep on top of tech trends, but it's a one-way street: the model gives information, but I still have to decide what to do with it. Let's build the s
belderbos.dev
AI Human-in-the-loop: News Digest Triage Telegram Bot
A trend digest tells you what to read. This Telegram bot lets you tag and file each story with one tap; the human-in-the-loop pattern in 175 lines of Python.
Stéphane Wirtel: PyCon Ireland 2026: The Call for Proposals is Open
Link: https://wirtel.be/post/2026/06/01/pycon-ireland-2026-cfp-open/
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TL;DR
PyCon Ireland 2026 takes place on 17 October at Trinity College Dublin. The Call for Proposals is open until 30 August. Two tracks get special focus this y
Link: https://wirtel.be/post/2026/06/01/pycon-ireland-2026-cfp-open/
![[pycon-ireland-2026-cfp-banner.png]]
TL;DR
PyCon Ireland 2026 takes place on 17 October at Trinity College Dublin. The Call for Proposals is open until 30 August. Two tracks get special focus this y
Stéphane Wirtel — Senior Python Consultant
PyCon Ireland 2026: The Call for Proposals is Open
PyCon Ireland 2026 is looking for speakers of every level. If you've been sitting on a Python idea, 30 August is your deadline.
Real Python: Quiz: Regular Expressions: Regexes in Python (Part 1)
Link: https://realpython.com/quizzes/regex-python/
In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of
Regular Expressions: Regexes in Python (Part 1).
By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit how to use the re module to search
for patterns, build cha
Link: https://realpython.com/quizzes/regex-python/
In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of
Regular Expressions: Regexes in Python (Part 1).
By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit how to use the re module to search
for patterns, build cha
Realpython
Regular Expressions: Regexes in Python (Part 1) Quiz – Real Python
Test your understanding of Python regular expressions: the re module, character classes, anchors, groups, alternation, and flags.
Brian Okken: Markdown to PDF with pandoc and typst
Link: https://pythontest.com/posts/2026/markdown-to-pdf/
I use a lot of markdown
I like writing in markdown.
So much so that I use it for everything.
Work documents
Personal documents
Books
Blog posts
Converting to pdf has been difficult
However, lots of
Link: https://pythontest.com/posts/2026/markdown-to-pdf/
I use a lot of markdown
I like writing in markdown.
So much so that I use it for everything.
Work documents
Personal documents
Books
Blog posts
Converting to pdf has been difficult
However, lots of
Pythontest
Markdown to PDF | PythonTest
My new favorite way to convert from .md to .pdf
Real Python: Python sleep(): How to Add Time Delays to Your Code
Link: https://realpython.com/python-sleep/
Sometimes you need to make Python sleep, wait, or pause before running the next line of code. Whether you’re spacing out API requests, pacing a thread, or adding a delay to terminal output, Python’s t
Link: https://realpython.com/python-sleep/
Sometimes you need to make Python sleep, wait, or pause before running the next line of code. Whether you’re spacing out API requests, pacing a thread, or adding a delay to terminal output, Python’s t
Real Python
Python sleep(): How to Add Time Delays to Your Code – Real Python
Learn how to use Python's sleep() function to add time delays and pause your code with time.sleep(), decorators, threads, and asyncio.
Paolo Melchiorre: My PyCon Italia 2026
Link: https://www.paulox.net/2026/06/01/my-pycon-italia-2026/
A timeline of my PyCon Italia 2026 journey, in Bologna (IT), told through the Mastodon posts I shared along the way.
Link: https://www.paulox.net/2026/06/01/my-pycon-italia-2026/
A timeline of my PyCon Italia 2026 journey, in Bologna (IT), told through the Mastodon posts I shared along the way.
Paolo Melchiorre
My PyCon Italia 2026
A timeline of my PyCon Italia 2026 journey, in Bologna (IT), told through the Mastodon posts I shared along the way.
Python Bytes: #482 Mr. Beast's epidosde
Link: https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/482/mr.-beasts-epidosde
Topics covered in this episode:
CVE-2026-48710: A Maintainer's Perspective
daily-stars-explorer
Markdown to pdf with pandoc and typst
postman2pytest
Extras
Joke
Watch on YouTube
About the show
Brian
Link: https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/482/mr.-beasts-epidosde
Topics covered in this episode:
CVE-2026-48710: A Maintainer's Perspective
daily-stars-explorer
Markdown to pdf with pandoc and typst
postman2pytest
Extras
Joke
Watch on YouTube
About the show
Brian
pythonbytes.fm
Mr. Beast's epidosde
News and announcements from the Python community for the week of Jun 1st, 2026