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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Quansight Labs Blog: Learning from accessibility work

Link: https://labs.quansight.org/blog/learning-from-accessibility-work

Years of accessibility work around Jupyter and thoughts on how to survive it in your own projects.
PyCharm: Faster Python: Unlocking the Python Global Interpreter Lock

Link: https://blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/2025/07/faster-python-unlocking-the-python-global-interpreter-lock/

What is Python’s Global Interpreter Lock (GIL)?
“Global Interpreter Lock” (or “GIL”) is a familiar term in the Python community. It is a well-known Python feature. But what exactly is a GIL?If you hav
Real Python: Working With Python's Built-in Exceptions

Link: https://realpython.com/courses/working-builtin-exceptions/

Python has a complete set of built-in exceptions that provide a quick and efficient way to handle errors and exceptional situations in your code. Knowing the most commonly used built-in exceptions is
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #692: PyPI, pedalboard, Django URL Patterns, and More (July 29, 2025)

Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/692

#692 – JULY 29, 2025 View in Browser » Supporting the Python Package Index What goes into supporting more than 650,000 projects and nearly a million users of the Python Package Index? This week
Mike Driscoll: Creating a Simple XML Editor in Your Terminal with Python and Textual

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2025/07/30/tui-xml-editor/

Several years ago, I created an XML editor with the wxPython GUI toolkit called Boomslang. I recently thought it would be fun to port that code to Textual so I could have an XML viewer and editor in m
Armin Ronacher: Agentic Coding Things That Didn’t Work

Link: https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/7/30/things-that-didnt-work/

Using Claude Code and other agentic coding tools has become all the rage. Not
only is it getting millions of
downloads,
but these tools are also gaining features that help streamline workflows. As
y
Real Python: Python's asyncio: A Hands-On Walkthrough

Link: https://realpython.com/async-io-python/

Python’s asyncio library enables you to write concurrent code using the async and await keywords. The core building blocks of async I/O in Python are awaitable objects—most often coroutines—that an ev
Test and Code: 236: Git Tips for Testing - Adam Johnson

Link: https://testandcode.com/episodes/git-tips-for-testing

In this episode, host Brian Okken and guest Adam Johnson explore essential Git features, highlighted by Adam's updated book, "Boost Your Git DX." Key topics include "cherry picking" for selective comm