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Quansight Labs Blog: Documentation as a way to build Community

Link: https://labs.quansight.org/blog/2020/03/documentation-as-a-way-to-build-community/

As a long time user and participant in open source communities, I've always known that documentation is far from being a solved problem. At least, that's the impression we get from many developers: "w
Talk Python to Me: #255 Talking to cars with Python

Link: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/255/talking-to-cars-with-python

Modern cars have become mobile computer systems with many small computers running millions of lines of code. On this episode, we plug a little Python into those data streams.
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Anarcat: Remote presence tools for social distancing

Link: https://anarc.at/blog/2020-03-15-remote-tools/

As a technologist, I've been wondering how I can help people with the
rapidly spreading coronavirus pandemic. With the world entering
the "exponential stage" (e.g. Canada, the USA and basically
all of
Paweł Fertyk: WebRTC: a working example

Link: http://pfertyk.me/2020/03/webrtc-a-working-example/

Recently I had to use WebRTC for a simple project. The technology itself has
many advantages and is being developed as an open standard, without the need
for any plugins. However, I was quite new to W
The Digital Cat: Public key cryptography: RSA keys

Link: https://www.thedigitalcatonline.com/blog/2018/04/25/rsa-keys/

I bet you created at least once an RSA key pair, usually because you needed to connect to GitHub and you wanted to avoid typing your password every time. You diligently followed the documentation on h
Stack Abuse: Default Arguments in Python Functions

Link: https://stackabuse.com/default-arguments-in-python-functions/

Functions in Python are used to implement logic that you want to execute repeatedly at different places in your code. You can pass data to these functions via function arguments. In addition to passin
Catalin George Festila: Python 3.5.2 : Detect motion and save images with opencv.

Link: http://python-catalin.blogspot.com/2020/03/python-352-detect-motion-and-save.html

This script is simple to use it with a webcam or to parse a video file.
The main goal of this script is to see the difference in various frames of a video or webcam output.
The first frame of our vid
Real Python: How to Do a Binary Search in Python

Link: https://realpython.com/binary-search-python/

Binary search is a classic algorithm in computer science. It often comes up in programming contests and technical interviews. Implementing binary search turns out to be a challenging task, even when y
James Bennett: Against service layers in Django

Link: https://www.b-list.org/weblog/2020/mar/16/no-service/

Recently I’ve seen posts and questions pop up in a few places about a sort of “enterprise” Django style guide that’s been getting attention. There are a number of things I disagree with in that guide,
Doing Math with Python: Coding Starter Kit Humble Bundle

Link: http://doingmathwithpython.github.io/humble-bundle-coding-starter.html

I am very excited to share that "Doing Math with Python" is part of No Starch Press's Coding Starter Humble Bundle.
Of course, you get No Starch Press's other excellent coding books as part of the bu
Podcast.__init__: Getting A Handle On Portable C Extensions With hpy

Link: https://www.pythonpodcast.com/hpy-python-extension-episode-254/

One of the driving factors of Python's success is the ability for developers to integrate with performant languages such as C and C++. The challenge is that the interface for those extensions is speci
EuroPython: EuroPython 2020 and COVID-19

Link: http://blog.europython.eu/post/612393987829039104

As you probably already know, the Coronavirus is spreading throughout Europe and we wanted to give you an update on our current plans around on the situation.We will update this blog post as new infor
EuroPython: EuroPython 2020: Going virtual
EuroPython 2021: Dublin, Ireland


Link: http://blog.europython.eu/post/612826526375919616

In our blog post on the COVID-19 last week, we were still hopeful that the situation would improve in time for the event in July. The last few days have shown us that we need to have a more realistic
Holger Krekel: Message to my IT/hacking friends (Mar17)

Link: https://holgerkrekel.net/2020/03/17/message-to-my-it-hacking-friends-mar17/


Some thoughts and advises on March 17 from BB33, a little office and hackerspace in Freiburg in the black forest. Sitting here alone. My 8yo and partner are good, a few streets further, as is her fam
PyBites: Productivity Mondays - Tips from Adam Grant

Link: https://pybit.es/adam-grant.html

We are longtime fans of the Tim Ferriss' show. I was listening to Adam Grant — The Man Who Does Everything again and there were some awesome nuggets about productivity, motivation and mindset in there
Gocept Weblog: Zope May sprint goes remote

Link: https://blog.gocept.com/2020/03/17/zope-may-sprint-goes-remote/

Earl Zope was inviting to the Zope May sprint, hoping for many volunteers to come. Due to restrictions to prevent spreading of COVID-19 (Corona) this sprint is going to be remote-only. – By now all of
Python Software Foundation: Débora Azevedo Awarded the PSF Community Service Award for Q4 2019

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonSoftwareFoundationNews/~3/ibmfuvrFuoc/debora-azevedo-awarded-psf-community.html






Débora Azevedo co-founder of PyLadies Brazil and Django Girls Natal organizer, has been awarded the Python Software Foundation Q4 2019 Community Service Award. 



Débora's outstanding contributi