Real Python: The Real Python Podcast – Episode #258: Supporting the Python Package Index
Link: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/258/
What goes into supporting more than 650,000 projects and nearly a million users of the Python Package Index? This week on the show, we speak with Maria Ashna about her first year as the inaugural PyPI
Link: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/258/
What goes into supporting more than 650,000 projects and nearly a million users of the Python Package Index? This week on the show, we speak with Maria Ashna about her first year as the inaugural PyPI
Realpython
Episode #258: Supporting the Python Package Index – The Real Python Podcast
What goes into supporting more than 650,000 projects and nearly a million users of the Python Package Index? This week on the show, we speak with Maria Ashna about her first year as the inaugural PyPI Support Specialist.
Armin Ronacher: From Async/Await to Virtual Threads
Link: https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/7/26/virtual-threads/
Last November I wrote a post about how the programming interface of threads
beats the one of async/await. In May,
Mark Shannon brought up the idea of virtual threads for
Python
on Python’s discussion
Link: https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/7/26/virtual-threads/
Last November I wrote a post about how the programming interface of threads
beats the one of async/await. In May,
Mark Shannon brought up the idea of virtual threads for
Python
on Python’s discussion
Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings
From Async/Await to Virtual Threads
A follow-up to how I wish async would work.
Daniel Roy Greenfeld: TIL: How to type args and kwargs
Link: https://daniel.feldroy.com/posts/til-2025-07-how-to-type-args-and-kwargs
An oddity of my work for a while has been that I haven't used *args and **kwargs with type annotations. Recently, however I've been working on code that leans on those things a lot. And I've been igno
Link: https://daniel.feldroy.com/posts/til-2025-07-how-to-type-args-and-kwargs
An oddity of my work for a while has been that I haven't used *args and **kwargs with type annotations. Recently, however I've been working on code that leans on those things a lot. And I've been igno
https://daniel.feldroy.com
TIL: How to type args and kwargs
A reduction in boilerplate confused me, the answer is that the type to define is the value in the containers.
Luke Plant: Why I’m not letting the juniors use GenAI for coding
Link: https://lukeplant.me.uk/blog/posts/why-im-not-letting-the-juniors-use-genai-for-coding/
In my current project, I am training some junior developers — some of them pretty much brand new developers — and one of the first rules I gave them was “ensure that Copilot (or any other AI assistant
Link: https://lukeplant.me.uk/blog/posts/why-im-not-letting-the-juniors-use-genai-for-coding/
In my current project, I am training some junior developers — some of them pretty much brand new developers — and one of the first rules I gave them was “ensure that Copilot (or any other AI assistant
Luke Plant's home page
Why I’m not letting the juniors use GenAI for coding
TLDR: because I want them to become seniors one day, and I want them to enjoy being developers
Reuven Lerner: How to conference
Link: https://lerner.co.il/2025/07/27/how-to-conference/
I love conferences. I enjoy everything about them — the nonstop stream of learning, the chance to see old friends and meet new ones, and just generally to be around a lot of interesting, smart, and fu
Link: https://lerner.co.il/2025/07/27/how-to-conference/
I love conferences. I enjoy everything about them — the nonstop stream of learning, the chance to see old friends and meet new ones, and just generally to be around a lot of interesting, smart, and fu
Reuven Lerner
How to conference
I love conferences. I enjoy everything about them -- the nonstop stream of learning, the chance to see old friends and meet new ones, and just generally to be around a lot of interesting, smart,
John Cook: Monero’s elliptic curve
Link: https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2025/07/27/moneros-elliptic-curve/
Digital signatures often use elliptic curves. For example, Bitcoin and Ethereum use the elliptic curve secp256k1 [1]. This post will discuss the elliptic curve Ed25519 [2] using in Monero and in many
Link: https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2025/07/27/moneros-elliptic-curve/
Digital signatures often use elliptic curves. For example, Bitcoin and Ethereum use the elliptic curve secp256k1 [1]. This post will discuss the elliptic curve Ed25519 [2] using in Monero and in many
John D. Cook | Applied Mathematics Consulting
Monero’s elliptic curve
Exploring the elliptic curve used in Monero for digital signatures. Making explicit some things that are often left implicit.
Daniel Roy Greenfeld: Unpack for keyword arguments
Link: https://daniel.feldroy.com/posts/2025-07-unpack-for-keyword-arguments
Previously I wrote a TIL on how to better type annotate callables with *args and **kwargs - in essence you ignore the container and worry just about the content of the container. This makes sense, as
Link: https://daniel.feldroy.com/posts/2025-07-unpack-for-keyword-arguments
Previously I wrote a TIL on how to better type annotate callables with *args and **kwargs - in essence you ignore the container and worry just about the content of the container. This makes sense, as
https://daniel.feldroy.com
Unpack for keyword arguments
Keyword arguments can now be more narrowly typed by using typing.Unpack and typing.TypeDict.
Anwesha Das: Joy of automation
Link: http://anweshadas.in/joy-of-automation/
After 145+ commits spread over multiple PRs, 450+ conversations and feedback, and accountable communication via several different communication mediums spanning over 2 years, the Ansible Release Manag
Link: http://anweshadas.in/joy-of-automation/
After 145+ commits spread over multiple PRs, 450+ conversations and feedback, and accountable communication via several different communication mediums spanning over 2 years, the Ansible Release Manag
Law Explained India
Joy of automation
After 145+ commits spread over multiple PRs, 450+ conversations and feedback, and accountable communication via several different communication mediums spanning over 2 years, the Ansible Release Management is finally completely automated, using GitHub Actions.…
Real Python: Quiz: Bitwise Operators in Python
Link: https://realpython.com/quizzes/bitwise-operators/
In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of the Bitwise Operators in Python.
By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit how to use Python’s bitwise AND (&), OR (|), XOR (^), NOT (~), left and ri
Link: https://realpython.com/quizzes/bitwise-operators/
In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of the Bitwise Operators in Python.
By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit how to use Python’s bitwise AND (&), OR (|), XOR (^), NOT (~), left and ri
Realpython
Bitwise Operators in Python Quiz – Real Python
Test your understanding of Python bitwise operators by revisiting core concepts like bitwise AND, OR, XOR, NOT, shifts, bitmasks, and their applications.
Real Python: Bitwise Operators in Python
Link: https://realpython.com/python-bitwise-operators/
Computers store all kinds of information as a stream of binary digits called bits. Whether you’re working with text, images, or videos, they all boil down to ones and zeros. Python’s bitwise operators
Link: https://realpython.com/python-bitwise-operators/
Computers store all kinds of information as a stream of binary digits called bits. Whether you’re working with text, images, or videos, they all boil down to ones and zeros. Python’s bitwise operators
Realpython
Bitwise Operators in Python – Real Python
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to use Python's bitwise operators to manipulate individual bits of data at the most granular level. With the help of hands-on examples, you'll see how you can apply bitmasks and overload bitwise operators to control binary…
Ari Lamstein: Video: A Python App for Analyzing Immigration Enforcement Data
Link: https://arilamstein.com/blog/2025/07/28/video-a-python-app-for-analyzing-immigration-enforcement-data/
Last week I wrote a blog post about my latest open source project: an app that analyzes US Immigration Enforcement Data. I just released a video that walks through the app:
This video is in response
Link: https://arilamstein.com/blog/2025/07/28/video-a-python-app-for-analyzing-immigration-enforcement-data/
Last week I wrote a blog post about my latest open source project: an app that analyzes US Immigration Enforcement Data. I just released a video that walks through the app:
This video is in response
Ari Lamstein
Video: A Python App for Analyzing Immigration Enforcement Data
Last week I wrote a blog post about my latest open source project: an app that analyzes US Immigration Enforcement Data. I just released a video that walks through the app: This video is in respons…
Ned Batchelder: Coverage.py regex pragmas
Link: https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202507/coveragepy_regex_pragmas.html
Coverage.py lets you indicate code to exclude from
measurement by adding comments to your Python files. But coverage implements
them differently than other similar tools. Rather than having fixed synt
Link: https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202507/coveragepy_regex_pragmas.html
Coverage.py lets you indicate code to exclude from
measurement by adding comments to your Python files. But coverage implements
them differently than other similar tools. Rather than having fixed synt
Nedbatchelder
Coverage.py regex pragmas
Coverage.py uses regexes to define pragma syntax. This is surprisingly powerful.
Python Bytes: #442 Cloud bills in scientific notation
Link: https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/442/cloud-bills-in-scientific-notation
<strong>Topics covered in this episode:</strong><br>
<ul>
<li><em>* <a href="https://sethmlarson.dev/security-work-isnt-special?featured_on=pythonbytes">Open Source Security work isn't “Special”</a>
Link: https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/442/cloud-bills-in-scientific-notation
<strong>Topics covered in this episode:</strong><br>
<ul>
<li><em>* <a href="https://sethmlarson.dev/security-work-isnt-special?featured_on=pythonbytes">Open Source Security work isn't “Special”</a>
pythonbytes.fm
Cloud bills in scientific notation
News and announcements from the Python community for the week of Jul 28th, 2025