Ari Lamstein: 🚀 Join Me Tonight for a Hands-On Streamlit Workshop!
Link: https://arilamstein.com/blog/2025/08/13/%f0%9f%9a%80-join-me-tonight-for-a-hands-on-streamlit-workshop/
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be running a live workshop tonight on Streamlit—the Python framework that makes it easy to build interactive web apps for data projects.
This session is designed for
Link: https://arilamstein.com/blog/2025/08/13/%f0%9f%9a%80-join-me-tonight-for-a-hands-on-streamlit-workshop/
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be running a live workshop tonight on Streamlit—the Python framework that makes it easy to build interactive web apps for data projects.
This session is designed for
Ari Lamstein
🚀 Join Me Tonight for a Hands-On Streamlit Workshop!
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be running a live workshop tonight on Streamlit—the Python framework that makes it easy to build interactive web apps for data projects. This session i…
Python Software Foundation: Announcing the PSF Board Candidates for 2025!
Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/08/announcing-psf-board-candidates-for-2025.html
What an exciting list! Please take a look at who is running for the PSF Board this year on the 2025 Nominees page. This year there are 4 seats open on the PSF Board. You can see who is currently on th
Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/08/announcing-psf-board-candidates-for-2025.html
What an exciting list! Please take a look at who is running for the PSF Board this year on the 2025 Nominees page. This year there are 4 seats open on the PSF Board. You can see who is currently on th
Python Software Foundation Blog
Announcing the PSF Board Candidates for 2025!
What an exciting list! Please take a look at who is running for the PSF Board this year on the 2025 Nominees page . This year there are 4 se...
Python Insider: Python 3.14.0rc2 and 3.13.7 are go!
Link: https://pythoninsider.blogspot.com/2025/08/python-3140rc2-and-3137-are-go.html
Not one but two expedited releases! 🎉 🎉
Python 3.14.0rc2
It’s the
final 🪄 penultimate 🪄 3.14 release candidate!
https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3140rc2/
Note: rc2 was originally plann
Link: https://pythoninsider.blogspot.com/2025/08/python-3140rc2-and-3137-are-go.html
Not one but two expedited releases! 🎉 🎉
Python 3.14.0rc2
It’s the
final 🪄 penultimate 🪄 3.14 release candidate!
https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3140rc2/
Note: rc2 was originally plann
Blogspot
Python Insider: Python 3.14.0rc2 and 3.13.7 are go!
Glyph Lefkowitz: The Futzing Fraction
Link: https://blog.glyph.im/2025/08/futzing-fraction.html
The most optimistic vision of generative AI1 is that it will relieve us of
the tedious, repetitive elements of knowledge work so that we can get to work
on the really interesting problems that such te
Link: https://blog.glyph.im/2025/08/futzing-fraction.html
The most optimistic vision of generative AI1 is that it will relieve us of
the tedious, repetitive elements of knowledge work so that we can get to work
on the really interesting problems that such te
blog.glyph.im
The Futzing Fraction
At least some of your time with genAI will be spent just kind of… futzing with it.
Seth Michael Larson: Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack is great for digital and physical GameCube players
Link: https://sethmlarson.dev/nintendo-switch-online-expansion-pack-is-great-for-digital-and-physical-gamecube-players?utm_campaign=rss
Nintendo just announced that the GameCube game “Chibi Robo!” would be coming in exactly one week to Nintendo
Switch Online + Expansion Pack (NSO+).
Chibi Robo is known for being a hidden gem in the G
Link: https://sethmlarson.dev/nintendo-switch-online-expansion-pack-is-great-for-digital-and-physical-gamecube-players?utm_campaign=rss
Nintendo just announced that the GameCube game “Chibi Robo!” would be coming in exactly one week to Nintendo
Switch Online + Expansion Pack (NSO+).
Chibi Robo is known for being a hidden gem in the G
sethmlarson.dev
Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack is great for digital and physical GameCube players
Nintendo just announced that the GameCube game “Chibi Robo!” would be coming in exactly one week to Nintendo
Switch Online + Expansion Pack (NSO+).
Chibi Robo is known for being a hidden gem in ...
Switch Online + Expansion Pack (NSO+).
Chibi Robo is known for being a hidden gem in ...
Real Python: The Real Python Podcast – Episode #261: Selecting Inheritance or Composition in Python
Link: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/261/
When considering an object-oriented programming problem, should you prefer inheritance or composition? Why wouldn't it just be simpler to use functions? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this we
Link: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/261/
When considering an object-oriented programming problem, should you prefer inheritance or composition? Why wouldn't it just be simpler to use functions? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this we
Realpython
Episode #261: Selecting Inheritance or Composition in Python – The Real Python Podcast
When considering an object-oriented programming problem, should you prefer inheritance or composition? Why wouldn't it just be simpler to use functions? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles…
John Cook: Converting very long strings to integers in Python
Link: https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2025/08/15/very-long-string-to-int/
In the process of writing the previous post, I wanted to confirm that the number in the post
really is prime. This was useful in debugging my manual conversion of the image to text: errors did not re
Link: https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2025/08/15/very-long-string-to-int/
In the process of writing the previous post, I wanted to confirm that the number in the post
really is prime. This was useful in debugging my manual conversion of the image to text: errors did not re
John D. Cook | Applied Mathematics Consulting
Converting very long strings to integers in Python
Python integers can be arbitrarily long, but there are limits on the size of string that you can convert to an integer. How to get around this limit.
Test and Code: 238: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Link: https://testandcode.com/episodes/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish
A farewell to a fun 10 years.Also, I should have tested it better. :)In the audio I got the numbers wrong. Doh!This is episode 238, not 237. Oh well.I'll still be around, of course, at:pythontest.com
Link: https://testandcode.com/episodes/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish
A farewell to a fun 10 years.Also, I should have tested it better. :)In the audio I got the numbers wrong. Doh!This is episode 238, not 237. Oh well.I'll still be around, of course, at:pythontest.com
Test & Code
Test & Code | 238: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
A farewell to a fun 10 years.Also, I should have tested it better. :)In the audio I got the numbers wrong. Doh!This is episode 238, not 237. Oh well.I'll still be around, of course, at:pythontest....
Made With Mu: RIP Mu
Link: https://madewith.mu/mu/users/2025/08/16/rip.html
Late last year we announced we’d retire Mu. The core maintainers have all moved
onto other things, our lives have changed and the time we have available to
maintain Mu has significantly decreased. Per
Link: https://madewith.mu/mu/users/2025/08/16/rip.html
Late last year we announced we’d retire Mu. The core maintainers have all moved
onto other things, our lives have changed and the time we have available to
maintain Mu has significantly decreased. Per
Made With Mu
RIP Mu
Late last year we announced we’d retire Mu. The core maintainers have all moved onto other things, our lives have changed and the time we have available to maintain Mu has significantly decreased. Perhaps most of all, the world has moved on: when Mu started…
Seth Michael Larson: How many RSS subscribers do I have?
Link: https://sethmlarson.dev/how-many-rss-subscribers-do-i-have?utm_campaign=rss
RSS is super rad way to consume internet content (“like a newspaper”). This blog gets syndicated via RSS and an email newsletter. Unlike with my newsletter, it's not clear how many
people are reading
Link: https://sethmlarson.dev/how-many-rss-subscribers-do-i-have?utm_campaign=rss
RSS is super rad way to consume internet content (“like a newspaper”). This blog gets syndicated via RSS and an email newsletter. Unlike with my newsletter, it's not clear how many
people are reading
sethmlarson.dev
How many RSS subscribers do I have?
RSS is super rad way to consume internet content (“like a newspaper”). This blog gets syndicated via RSS and an email newsletter. Unlike with my newsletter, it's not clear how many
people are readi...
people are readi...
Armin Ronacher: Your MCP Doesn’t Need 30 Tools: It Needs Code
Link: https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/8/18/code-mcps/
I wrote a while back about why code performs better than
MCP for some tasks. In particular, I pointed out that if
you have command line tools available, agentic coding tools seem very happy to
use tho
Link: https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/8/18/code-mcps/
I wrote a while back about why code performs better than
MCP for some tasks. In particular, I pointed out that if
you have command line tools available, agentic coding tools seem very happy to
use tho
Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings
Your MCP Doesn’t Need 30 Tools: It Needs Code
Exploration into providing MCPs with the most powerful of all tools: code.
Python Software Foundation: The 2024 Python Developer Survey Results are here!
Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-2024-python-developer-survey.html
We are excited to share the results of the eighth official annual Python Developers Survey. This survey is done yearly as a collaborative effort between the Python Software Foundation and JetBrains. C
Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-2024-python-developer-survey.html
We are excited to share the results of the eighth official annual Python Developers Survey. This survey is done yearly as a collaborative effort between the Python Software Foundation and JetBrains. C
Python Software Foundation Blog
The 2024 Python Developer Survey Results are here!
We are excited to share the results of the eighth official annual Python Developers Survey . This survey is done yearly as a collaborative e...
Real Python: Single and Double Underscores in Python Names
Link: https://realpython.com/python-double-underscore/
Python has a few naming conventions that are based on using either a single or double underscore character (_). These conventions allow you to differentiate between public and non-public names in APIs
Link: https://realpython.com/python-double-underscore/
Python has a few naming conventions that are based on using either a single or double underscore character (_). These conventions allow you to differentiate between public and non-public names in APIs
Realpython
Single and Double Underscores in Python Names – Real Python
Learn Python naming conventions with single and double underscores to design APIs, create safe classes, and prevent name clashes.
Python Bytes: #445 Auto-activate Python virtual environments for any project
Link: https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/445/auto-activate-python-virtual-environments-for-any-project
<strong>Topics covered in this episode:</strong><br>
<ul>
<li><strong><a href="https://astral.sh/blog/introducing-pyx?featured_on=pythonbytes">pyx - <em>optimized backend for uv</em></a></strong></l
Link: https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/445/auto-activate-python-virtual-environments-for-any-project
<strong>Topics covered in this episode:</strong><br>
<ul>
<li><strong><a href="https://astral.sh/blog/introducing-pyx?featured_on=pythonbytes">pyx - <em>optimized backend for uv</em></a></strong></l
pythonbytes.fm
Auto-activate Python virtual environments for any project
News and announcements from the Python community for the week of Aug 18th, 2025
Seth Michael Larson: Extracting Genesis & Game Gear ROMs from SEGA GameCube collections
Link: https://sethmlarson.dev/extracting-genesis-and-game-gear-roms-from-sega-gamecube-collections?utm_campaign=rss
The GameCube library had multiple SEGA game collections: Sonic Mega Collection,
Sonic Adventure DX, and Sonic Gems Collection which
all contain ROM files for the Genesis and Game Gear (among others).
Link: https://sethmlarson.dev/extracting-genesis-and-game-gear-roms-from-sega-gamecube-collections?utm_campaign=rss
The GameCube library had multiple SEGA game collections: Sonic Mega Collection,
Sonic Adventure DX, and Sonic Gems Collection which
all contain ROM files for the Genesis and Game Gear (among others).
sethmlarson.dev
Extracting Genesis & Game Gear ROMs from SEGA GameCube collections
The GameCube library had multiple SEGA game collections: Sonic Mega Collection,
Sonic Adventure DX, and Sonic Gems Collection which
all contain ROM files for the Genesis and Game Gear (among oth...
Sonic Adventure DX, and Sonic Gems Collection which
all contain ROM files for the Genesis and Game Gear (among oth...
Real Python: Deep vs Shallow Copies in Python
Link: https://realpython.com/courses/deep-vs-shallow-copies/
When working with Python objects, you’ll often need to make copies rather than modify the originals. In this video course, you’ll explore various ways to copy objects in Python, including using the bu
Link: https://realpython.com/courses/deep-vs-shallow-copies/
When working with Python objects, you’ll often need to make copies rather than modify the originals. In this video course, you’ll explore various ways to copy objects in Python, including using the bu
Realpython
Deep vs Shallow Copies in Python – Real Python
Understand the difference between shallow and deep copies in Python. Learn how to duplicate objects safely using the copy module and other techniques.
Ruslan Spivak: 5 to 18: Why Your Count Might Be Off by One
Link: https://ruslanspivak.com/bb07/
Quick question:
How many numbers are there from 5 to 18, including both ends?
Your first instinct might be to subtract:
18 - 5 = 13
Feels right.
But it’s wrong.
It’s a small thing, and kind of basic,
Link: https://ruslanspivak.com/bb07/
Quick question:
How many numbers are there from 5 to 18, including both ends?
Your first instinct might be to subtract:
18 - 5 = 13
Feels right.
But it’s wrong.
It’s a small thing, and kind of basic,
Ruslan's Blog
5 to 18: Why Your Count Might Be Off by One
Quick question: How many numbers are there from 5 to 18, including both ends? Your first instinct might be to subtract: 18 - 5 = 13 Feels right. But it’s wrong. It’s a small thing, and kind of basic, but this mistake got me more times than I’d like …
Python Engineering at Microsoft: Announcing the Data Wrangler powered Notebook Results Table
Link: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/python/data-wrangler-results-table/
If you have ever found yourself rewriting the last line of a notebook cell repeatedly just to get an overview of your data, you’re not alone. In VS Code the default output for Pandas DataFrames is a s
Link: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/python/data-wrangler-results-table/
If you have ever found yourself rewriting the last line of a notebook cell repeatedly just to get an overview of your data, you’re not alone. In VS Code the default output for Pandas DataFrames is a s
Microsoft News
Announcing the Data Wrangler powered Notebook Results Table
An introduction to the new Results Table integrated into the output cell of Notebooks, powered by the VS Code extension called Data Wrangler.
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #695: Subinterpreters, Asyncio, Pytest, and More (Aug. 19, 2025)
Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/695
#695 – AUGUST 19, 2025 View in Browser » Subinterpreters and Asyncio Subinterpreters are new and not well understood by the community, a library to abstract away some of the complexities is need
Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/695
#695 – AUGUST 19, 2025 View in Browser » Subinterpreters and Asyncio Subinterpreters are new and not well understood by the community, a library to abstract away some of the complexities is need
Pycoders
PyCoder’s Weekly | Issue #695
Subinterpreters, Asyncio, Pytest, and More