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Armin Ronacher: Codeberg Divides

Link: https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/7/24/codeberg-divides/

Codeberg recently changed its
terms to
exclude projects that are largely written with generative AI. Since I want
GitHub to face competition I have thoughts.
Codeberg is entirely within its rights to
Ned Batchelder: Acidica

Link: https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202607/acidica

My latest fun project is a BASIC interpreter called
Acidica. Classic BASIC is an
old-school language first developed in 1964 that saw an explosion of
implementations on microcomputers in the ‘70s and
Talk Python to Me: #556: Updates on Django's Async Story

Link: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/556/updates-on-djangos-async-story

For years, "Django and async" came with an asterisk. The docs themselves warned you off it. Scary performance notes, a story that felt half-finished. Well, that story just got rewritten, literally, an
Python Software Foundation: Announcing Python Software Foundation Fellow Members for Q2 2026! 🎉

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/07/announcing-python-software-foundation.html

The PSF is pleased to announce its second batch of PSF Fellows for 2026. Let us welcome the new PSF Fellows for Q2! The following people continue to do amazing things for the Python community:Andy Ter
Python Morsels: Running subprocesses in Python

Link: https://www.pythonmorsels.com/running-subprocesses-in-python/

You can use Python's subprocess.run function to launch other programs from within Python.



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Launching external programs from Python
Subprocess, defined
Launch a subprocess with sub
Python Software Foundation: Announcing a 2026 PSF Grants Program Funding Round

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/07/announcing-2026-psf-grants-program.html

The Python Software Foundation (PSF) is excited to announce a 2026 PSF Grants Program funding round. This is not a full reopening of the Grants Program as it existed before. Rather, it's what the PSF
Python Bytes: #490 It’s a vibe coding party

Link: https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/490/it-s-a-vibe-coding-party

Topics covered in this episode:

Some more things about Django I've been enjoying
Who cleans up after the vibe-coding party?
Where Did All Your AI Tokens Go? AgentsView to the rescue!
Careful with phi
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #745: PyPI UI, Finding Classes with the GC, pylock.toml, and More (2026-07-28)

Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/745

#745 – JULY 28, 2026 View in Browser » Planned Updates to the PyPI User Interface Over the next few months a new user interface will be rolled out for the Python packaging website, PyPI. The rol
PyCharm: PyTorch Tutorial for Deep Learning

Link: https://blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/2026/07/pytorch-tutorial-for-deep-learning/

This is a guest post from Naa Ashiorkor, a data scientist and tech community builder.

Building intelligent systems that can see, hear, understand language, and make decisions was previously the domai
Django Weblog: DSF member of the month - Katherine "Kati" Michel

Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/jul/29/dsf-member-of-the-month-katherine-michel/

For July 2026, we welcome Katherine "Kati" Michel as our DSF member of the month! ⭐

Kati is involved in the Django community for many years. She was a DEFNA Director for 8 years and DjangoCon US Webs
Python Morsels: Binary search in Python with bisect

Link: https://www.pythonmorsels.com/binary-search/

Python's bisect module implements binary search for you. Here's how bisect_left, bisect_right, and insort work, plus recipes for finding the closest match or all values in a range.


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Jaime Buelta: Python Automation Cookbook 3rd edition: now with AI recipes.

Link: https://wrongsideofmemphis.com/2026/07/31/python-automation-cookbook-3rd-edition-now-with-ai-recipes/

Exciting news! The third edition of the Python Automation Cookbook is out, featuring a vibrant new cover and over 100 pages of fresh AI content. Aimed at Python enthusiasts of all levels, it retains c
Caktus Consulting Group: Chicago Like a Local: Things to Do During DjangoCon US 2026 (Part 1)

Link: https://www.caktusgroup.com/blog/2026/07/31/chicago-like-a-local-2026/

DjangoCon US 2026 is coming back to Chicago from August 23–28, and we at Caktus couldn’t be more thrilled, not only to be returning as a Silver Sponsor, but also because I (Keanya) have the privilege
Seth Michael Larson: Extracting “Ocarina of Time: Master Quest” ROM from the Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker bonus disc

Link: https://sethmlarson.dev/extracting-n64-roms-from-wind-waker-bonus-disk?utm_campaign=rss

Another day, another extracting ROMs from GameCube
titles mini-tutorial. This time it’s the PAL
Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker Bonus Disc that I
recently purchased from Kraków, Poland. This
disc contains
Seth Michael Larson: Let’s Play “htmx 4: the game”

Link: https://sethmlarson.dev/htmx-4-the-game?utm_campaign=rss

Moments ago I just finished playing “htmx 4: the game”, the first
JavaScript library published exclusively for Game Boy and Game Boy Color.
I've recorded my play session and published the video to You
Talk Python to Me: #557: Security of everything at PyCon 2026

Link: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/557/security-of-everything-at-pycon-2026

Security has always been the vegetables of software. Everyone agrees it matters, and somehow it never quite makes it onto the plate. At PyCon US this year, that changed. For the first time ever, secur
Python⇒Speed: Faster floating point math with Rust’s new API

Link: https://pythonspeed.com/articles/faster-float-math-rust/

Floating point math is often slower than integer math because the
compiler is being conservative about how it optimizes your code. While
some programming languages already had solutions of a sort, unt