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Seth Michael Larson: Getting started with Playdate on Ubuntu 🟨

Link: https://sethmlarson.dev/getting-started-with-playdate-on-ubuntu?utm_campaign=rss




Trina got me a Playdate for Christmas this year! I've always been
intrigued by this console, as it is highly constrained in terms
of pixel and color-depth (400x240, 2 colors), but also provides man
"Michael Kennedy's Thoughts on Technology": DevOps Python Supply Chain Security

Link: https://mkennedy.codes/posts/devops-python-supply-chain-security/


In my last article, “Python Supply Chain Security Made Easy” I talked about how to automate pip-audit so you don’t accidentally ship malicious Python packages to production. While there was defense i
Mark Dufour: A (biased) Pure Python Performance Comparison

Link: http://shed-skin.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-biased-pure-python-performance.html

The following is a performance comparison of several (pure) Python implementations, for a large part of the Shed Skin example set. I left out some of the examples, that would result in an unfair compa
Seth Michael Larson: Nintendo GameCube and Switch “Wrapped” 2025 🎮🎁

Link: https://sethmlarson.dev/nintendo-gamecube-and-switch-wrapped-2025?utm_campaign=rss


This is my last blog post for 2025 💜 Thanks for reading, see you in 2026!


One of my goals for 2025 was to play more games!
I've been collecting play activity for my Nintendo Switch,
Switch 2, and m
Zero to Mastery: [December 2025] Python Monthly Newsletter 🐍

Link: https://zerotomastery.io/blog/python-monthly-newsletter-december-2025/?utm_source=python-rss-feed

73rd issue of Andrei's Python Monthly: A big change is coming. Read the full newsletter to get up-to-date with everything you need to know from last month.
Talk Python to Me: #532: 2025 Python Year in Review

Link: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/532/2025-python-year-in-review

Python in 2025 is in a delightfully refreshing place: the GIL's days are numbered, packaging is getting sharper tools, and the type checkers are multiplying like gremlins snacking after midnight. On t
Hugo van Kemenade: Replacing python-dateutil to remove six

Link: https://hugovk.dev/blog/2025/minus-six/

The dateutil library is a popular and powerful Python library for dealing with dates and
times.
However, it still supports Python 2.7 by
depending on the six compatibility shim,
and I’d prefer not to
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #715: Top 5 of 2025, LlamaIndex, Python 3.15 Speed, and More (Dec. 30, 2025)

Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/715

#715 – DECEMBER 30, 2025 View in Browser » Welcome to the end of 2025 PyCoders newsletter. In addition to your regular content, this week we have included the top 5 most clicked articles of the ye
Paolo Melchiorre: Looking Back at Python Pescara 2025

Link: https://www.paulox.net/2025/12/31/looking-back-at-python-pescara-2025/

A personal retrospective on Python Pescara in 2025: events, people, and moments that shaped a growing local community, reflecting on continuity, experimentation, and how a small group connected to the
"Michael Kennedy's Thoughts on Technology": Python Numbers Every Programmer Should Know

Link: https://mkennedy.codes/posts/python-numbers-every-programmer-should-know/

There are numbers every Python programmer should know. For example, how fast or slow is it to add an item to a list in Python? What about opening a file? Is that less than a millisecond? Is there some
Django Weblog: DSF member of the month - Clifford Gama

Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/dec/31/dsf-member-of-the-month-clifford-gama/

For December 2025, we welcome Clifford Gama as our DSF member of the month! ⭐
Clifford contributed to Django core with more than 5 PRs merged in few months! He is part of the Triage and Review Team. H
The Python Coding Stack: Mulled Wine, Mince Pies, and More Python

Link: https://www.thepythoncodingstack.com/p/mulled-wine-mince-pies-and-more-python

I’ve been having too much mulled wine. And wine of the standard type. And aperitifs before meals and digestifs after them…the occasional caffé corretto, too. You get the picture…No wonder I can’t reme
Seth Michael Larson: Cutting spritesheets like cookies with Python & Pillow 🍪

Link: https://sethmlarson.dev/cutting-spritesheets-like-cookies-with-python-and-pillow?utm_campaign=rss

Happy new year! 🎉 For an upcoming project on the blog requiring many video-game sprites
I've created a small tool (“sugarcookie”) using the always-lovely Python image-processing
library Pillow.
This t
Python Morsels: Implicit string concatenation

Link: https://www.pythonmorsels.com/implicit-string-concatenation/

Python automatically concatenates adjacent string literals thanks to implicit string concatenation. This feature can sometimes lead to bugs.



Table of contents

Strings next to each other
Implicit s
Glyph Lefkowitz: The Next Thing Will Not Be Big

Link: https://blog.glyph.im/2026/01/the-next-thing-will-not-be-big.html

The dawning of a new year is an opportune moment to contemplate what has
transpired in the old year, and consider what is likely to happen in the new
one.
Today, I’d like to contemplate that contempla
Real Python: The Real Python Podcast – Episode #278: PyCoder's Weekly 2025 Top Articles & Hidden Gems

Link: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/278/

PyCoder's Weekly included over 1,500 links to articles, blog posts, tutorials, and projects in 2025. Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week to help wrap up everything by sharing some highli
Seth Michael Larson: New ROM dumping tool for SNES & Super Famicom from Epilogue

Link: https://sethmlarson.dev/epilogue-sn-operator?utm_campaign=rss

Just heard the news from the WULFF Den Podcast that Epilogue
has released pre-orders for the next ROM backup tool in their “Operator”
series for the Super NES (SNES) and Super Famicom
called the “SN O
Hugo van Kemenade: Localising xkcd

Link: https://hugovk.dev/blog/2026/localising-xkcd/

I gave a lightning talk at a bunch of conferences in 2025 about some of the exciting new
things coming in Python 3.14, including
template strings.
One thing we can use t-strings for is to prevent SQL