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Django Weblog: Django 6.x Steering Council Election Results

Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/dec/18/django-6x-steering-council-election-results/

The Steering Council for the Django 6.x release cycle will be:

Carlton Gibson
Emma Delescolle
Frank Wiles
Lily Foote
Tim Schilling

Voting breakdown:

400 eligible voters
215 votes received (54%)

We
Real Python: Quiz: How to Remove Items From Lists in Python

Link: https://realpython.com/quizzes/remove-item-from-list-python/

In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of How to Remove Items From Lists in Python.
By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit the different approaches to removing items from a list in Python,
The Python Show: 50 - Imposter Syndrome

Link: https://www.pythonshow.com/p/50-imposter-syndrome

Imposter syndrome is a topic that some engineers and developers struggle with. It’s basically a type of self-doubt. WebMD has a good description and some good ideas for fighting self-doubt.Ways to com
Quansight Labs Blog: LAPACK in your web browser: high-performance linear algebra with stdlib

Link: https://labs.quansight.org/blog/lapack-in-stdlib

Implementing LAPACK routines for numerical computation in web applications
Python Morsels: Merging dictionaries in Python

Link: https://www.pythonmorsels.com/merging-dictionaries/

Merging dictionaries in Python is usually as simple as a single pipe character.



Table of contents

Merging dictionaries with | in Python
Merging dictionaries with the update method
Merging dictiona
Real Python: The Real Python Podcast – Episode #232: Exploring Modern Sentiment Analysis Approaches in Python

Link: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/232/

What are the current approaches for analyzing emotions within a piece of text? Which tools and Python packages should you use for sentiment analysis? This week, Jodie Burchell, developer advocate for
Matt Layman: Postgres To SQLite - Building SaaS #209.3

Link: https://www.mattlayman.com/videos/postgres-to-sqlite-building-saas-209/

In this episode, the third portion of the stream covers how I migrated my Heroku-backed Postgres database to SQLite. I finished the migration of my app from running on Heroku to running on DigitalOcea
Matt Layman: Docker Image For Kamal - Building SaaS #209.2

Link: https://www.mattlayman.com/videos/docker-image-for-kamal-building-saas-209/

In this episode, the second portion of the stream worked on fixing up the Docker image so that we could get the DigitalOcean droplet functional. This is the second stream chunk because I was having ne
Matt Layman: Bootstrap Kamal On Droplet - Building SaaS #209.1

Link: https://www.mattlayman.com/videos/bootstrap-kamal-on-droplet-building-saas-209/

In this episode, I worked to finish the cloud migration to DigitalOcean for JourneyInbox. We started the stream by bootstrapping Kamal on the server. I hit network issues so this stream is split into
Stack Abuse: Performance Optimization for Django-Powered Websites on Shared Hosting

Link: https://stackabuse.com/performance-optimization-for-django-powered-websites-on-shared-hosting/

Running a Django site on shared hosting can be really agonizing. It's budget-friendly, sure, but it comes with strings attached: sluggish response time and unexpected server hiccups. It kind of makes
Real Python: A Practical Introduction to Web Scraping in Python

Link: https://realpython.com/python-web-scraping-practical-introduction/

Python web scraping allows you to collect and parse data from websites programmatically. With powerful libraries like urllib, Beautiful Soup, and MechanicalSoup, you can fetch and manipulate HTML cont
Real Python: Basic Data Types in Python: A Quick Exploration

Link: https://realpython.com/python-data-types/

Python data types are fundamental to the language, enabling you to represent various kinds of data. You use basic data types like int, float, and complex for numbers, str for text, bytes and bytearray
Dan Yeaw: A Big Job Change

Link: https://dan.yeaw.me/posts/a-big-job-change/

I recently changed jobs, and now I am an Engineering Manager for OSS at Anaconda!

This is my second major career pivot, and I thought I would share why I decided to make the change. Even though being
Python Software Foundation: Announcing Python Software Foundation Fellow Members for Q3 2024! 🎉

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/12/announcing-python-software-foundation.html

The PSF is pleased to announce its third batch of PSF Fellows for 2024! Let us welcome the new PSF Fellows for Q3! The following people continue to do amazing things for the Python community:Artur Cze
Python Software Foundation: PSF Grants: Program & Charter Updates (Part 1)

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/12/psf-grants-program-charter-updates-part-1.html

The PSF Board and Staff have continued to work over the past couple of months to improve and steward the PSF Grants Program to fit the changing needs of the Python community. As we mentioned in our No
Python Software Foundation: PSF Grants: Program & Charter Updates (Part 2)

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/12/psf-grants-program-charter-updates-part-2.html

The PSF Board, with the support of PSF Staff, has outlined a set of Guiding Principles for the PSF Grants Program, as mentioned in Part 1 of this series of blog posts on updates to the program. The Bo
Python Software Foundation: PSF Grants: Program & Charter Updates (Part 3)

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/12/12psf-grants-program-charter-updates-part-3.html

The PSF Board has approved a new Grants Work Group Charter, effective March 1, 2025.  To implement the changes across our documentation, application form, and grant report form, we will be pausing inc
Python Software Foundation: PSF Grants: Program & Charter Updates (TLDR)

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/12/psf-grants-program-charter-updates-tldr.html

The PSF Board and Staff have recently undertaken a review and update of our Grants Program to ensure its sustainability and alignment with the evolving needs of the global Python community. To share t
Michael Foord: New Article: Essential Python Web Security Part 1

Link: https://agileabstractions.com/security-article-part-1/


The Open Source Initiative have published part one of an article of mine. The article is called “Essential Python Web Security” and it’s part one of a series called “The Absolute Minimum Every Python