Django Weblog: DSF Membership Open Space at DjangoCon US

Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/aug/20/dsf-membership-open-space-at-djangocon-us/

If you are at DjangoCon US this year, join us for 45 minutes to talk about the Django Software Foundation.

What: Django Software Foundation Membership Open Space
When: Wednesday, August 26th, 1:00 pm

Caktus Consulting Group: Fuzzy String Matching in Django and PostgreSQL

Link: https://www.caktusgroup.com/blog/2026/08/21/fuzzy-string-matching-django-postgresql/

Gerald Carlton and I will be presenting on fuzzy name search at DjangoCon US 2026 on Monday, August 24, and this is the companion blog post. Searching for a person by name is harder than it looks: nam

Python Insider: The Python documentation is now available in Russian!

Link: https://blog.python.org/2026/08/the-python-documentation-is-now-available-in-russian/

Robin Wilson: Some recent, and not so recent, talks and activities

Link: https://blog.rtwilson.com/some-recent-and-not-so-recent-talks-and-activities/

There has been a long gap between posts (again!), and a lot of the stuff that I’m going to talk about in this post is fairly old too. Oh well, life keeps getting in the way of blogging.
Anyway, I’ve r

Bob Belderbos: Unsubscribe links without a login: Django signing

Link: https://belderbos.dev/blog/unsubscribe-without-login-django-signing/

Django has a signing module that makes it easy to build an unsubscribe link that works with no login and no session: token = signing.dumps(recipient.pk, salt=UNSUBSCRIBE_SALT). The token itself is the

Armin Ronacher: Fast and Hard Code

Link: https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/8/22/fast-hard-code/

One of the memes on Twitter is that “programming is solved now.” I’m not sure
to what degree it is, but one thing is pretty clear: the act of familiarizing
yourself with a language no longer matters

Ned Batchelder: Micro language implementation: Calcium

Link: https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202608/micro_language_implementation_calcium

I wrote a tiny language implementation: Calcium.
It’s meant as a demonstration of how languages like Python are implemented. It
has a tokenizer, a parser, an AST, a compiler, bytecodes, and an executi

LernerPython blog, from Reuven Lerner: AI seminars — just one of the big changes at LernerPython

Link: https://lernerpython.com/2026/08/23/ai-seminars-just-one-of-the-big-changes-at-lernerpython/

July and August are often when people take a break or go on vacation. But for me, this summer has been super busy, full of writing and improving LernerPython based on feedback I’ve gotten from people

Armin Ronacher: Anger, Anxiety and Agency

Link: https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/8/24/anger-anxiety-agency/

Sean Goedecke wrote a post arguing that you should never be angry at
work — a post
with which I strongly agree. Anger can be a useful signal, but being angry at
work rarely improves the situation. M

Django Weblog: The Block and Tackle of Django's Code of Conduct Working Group

Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/aug/24/coc-block-tackle/

In early 2026, Django's Code of Conduct Working Group adopted Contributor Covenant 3.0 as Django's Code of Conduct. I talked about why at DjangoCon US 2026 (slides here). That talk was mostly the stor

Python Insider: RISC-V is now officially supported by CPython!

Link: https://blog.python.org/2026/08/riscv-now-officially-supported/

I’m happy to announce that RISC-V platforms are now officially supported by CPython. 🎉 🚀

Kay Hayen: Nuitka Release 4.2

Link: https://nuitka.net/posts/nuitka-release-42.html

This is to inform you about the new stable release of Nuitka. It is the extremely compatible Python compiler,
“download now”.
This release adds many new features and corrections with a focus on
Python

Python Software Foundation: Ramya Ravi: 2026 PSF Board Election Candidate Interview

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/08/ramya-ravi-2026-psf-board-election.html

Who are you?I'm Ramya Ravi, a Developer Advocate for AI and Open Source at NetApp Instaclustr, based in Connecticut. My day to day is teaching developers how to actually build with open source technol

Python Software Foundation: Petr Andreev: 2026 PSF Board Election Candidate Interview

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/08/petr-andreev-2026-psf-board-election.html

Who are you?I am a Python educator, CPython-internals specialist, community organizer, and international Python speaker.I teach Advanced Python and CPython internals, from memory management and interp

Python Software Foundation: Nina Zakharenko: 2026 PSF Board Election Candidate Interview

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/08/nina-zakharenko-2026-psf-board-election.html

Who are you?I'm Nina Zakharenko. I went to my first PyCon US in Santa Clara in 2013, and fell in love with the Python community. Since then, I've co-chaired PyCascades, taught Python to hundreds of st

Python Software Foundation: Keith Murray: 2026 PSF Board Election Candidate Interview

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/08/keith-murray-2026-psf-board-election.html

Who are you?I’m Keith Murray.I engage with a lot of Python Communities, often with the handle KeithTheEE, and I find that my favorite parts of the many communities are seeing the hobbies people have,

Python Software Foundation: Karo Ladino-Puerto: 2026 PSF Board Election Candidate Interview

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/08/karo-ladino-puerto-2026-psf-board.html

Who are you?¡Hola mundo! I'm Karo Ladino-Puerto, though most of the community knows me as Karobot. I'm Colombian, a PSF Fellow since 2020, and I've spent the last eight years building Python community

Python Software Foundation: Kalyan Prasad: 2026 PSF Board Election Candidate Interview

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/08/kalyan-prasad-2026-psf-board-election.html

Who are you? Hi, I’m Kalyan Prasad. My journey has been unconventional and shaped by persistence, self-learning, and community. I started working at a young age while continuing my studies, including

Python Software Foundation: Jeremy Tanner: 2026 PSF Board Election Candidate Interview

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/08/jeremy-tanner-2026-psf-board-election.html

Who are you? I'm Jeremy Tanner, an organizer, speaker, sponsor, Python developer, and community member. I'm based in North America, though many of my favorite people, places, and events are not. I've

Python Software Foundation: Georgi Ker: 2026 PSF Board Election Candidate Interview

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/08/georgi-ker-2026-psf-board-election.html

Who are you?Hi, I’m Georgi, an independent entrepreneur, open source community organiser, and leader. I’m also a PSF Fellow and a recipient of the PSF Community Service Award.Although I currently live