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Daniel Roy Greenfeld: Writing tools to download everything

Link: https://daniel.feldroy.com/posts/2026-01-downloading-everything

Over the years, Audrey and I have accumulated photos across a variety of services. Flickr, SmugMug, and others all have chunks of our memories sitting on their servers. Some of these services we haven
Real Python: The Real Python Podcast – Episode #280: Considering Fast and Slow in Python Programming

Link: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/280/

How often have you heard about the speed of Python? What's actually being measured, where are the bottlenecks---development time or run time---and which matters more for productivity? Christopher Trud
Python Morsels: Self-concatenation

Link: https://www.pythonmorsels.com/self-concatenation/

Strings and other sequences can be multiplied by numbers to self-concatenate them.



Table of contents

Concatenating strings to numbers doesn't work
Multiplying strings by numbers
Self-concatenation
PyCon: Building the Future with Python? Apply for Free Booth Space on Startup Row at PyCon US 2026

Link: https://pycon.blogspot.com/2026/01/apply-for-pycon-startup-row-2026.html

Consult just about any guide about how to build a tech startup and one of the very first pieces of advice you’ll be given is: Talk to Your Customers. If your target market just so happens to be Python
Eli Bendersky: Compiling Scheme to WebAssembly

Link: https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2026/compiling-scheme-to-webassembly/

One of my oldest open-source projects - Bob
- has celebrated 15 a couple of months ago.
Bob is a suite of implementations of the Scheme programming language in Python,
including an interpreter, a comp
Armin Ronacher: Agent Psychosis: Are We Going Insane?

Link: https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/1/18/agent-psychosis/


You can use Polecats without the Refinery and even without the Witness or
Deacon. Just tell the Mayor to shut down the rig and sling work to the
polecats with the message that they are to merge to ma
EuroPython: Humans of EuroPython: Doreen Peace Nangira Wanyama

Link: https://blog.europython.eu/humans-of-ep-doreen/

EuroPython thrives thanks to dedicated volunteers who invest hundreds of hours into each conference. From speaker coordination and fundraising to workshop preparation, their commitment ensures every y
Real Python: Quiz: How to Integrate ChatGPT's API With Python Projects

Link: https://realpython.com/quizzes/chatgpt-api-python/

In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of How to Integrate ChatGPT’s API With Python Projects.
By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit how to send prompts with the openai library, guide beh
Real Python: How to Integrate ChatGPT's API With Python Projects

Link: https://realpython.com/chatgpt-api-python/

Python’s openai library provides the tools you need to integrate the ChatGPT API into your Python applications. With it, you can send text prompts to the API and receive AI-generated responses. You ca
Mike Driscoll: New Book: Vibe Coding Video Games with Python

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2026/01/19/new-book-vibe-coding-video-games-with-python/

My latest book, Vibe Coding Video Games with Python, is now available as an eBook. The paperback will be coming soon, hopefully by mid-February at the latest. The book is around 183 pages in length an
Talk Python Blog: Announcing Talk Python AI Integrations

Link: https://talkpython.fm/blog/posts/announcing-talk-python-ai-integrations/

We’ve just added two new and exciting features to the Talk Python To Me website to allow deeper and richer integration with AI and LLMs.

A full MCP server at talkpython.fm/api/mcp/docs
A LLMs summary
Kevin Renskers: Django 6.0 Tasks: a framework without a worker

Link: https://www.loopwerk.io/articles/2026/django-tasks-review/

Background tasks have always existed in Django projects. They just never existed in Django itself.
For a long time, Django focused almost exclusively on the request/response cycle. Anything that happe
PyBites: “I’m worried about layoffs”

Link: https://pybit.es/articles/dont-get-comfortable/

I’ve had some challenging conversations this week.
Lately, my calendar has been filled with calls from developers reaching out for advice because layoffs were just announced at their company.
Having b
Python Bytes: #466 PSF Lands $1.5 million

Link: https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/466/psf-lands-1.5-million

Topics covered in this episode:

Better Django management commands with django-click and django-typer
PSF Lands a $1.5 million sponsorship from Anthropic
How uv got so fast
PyView Web Framework
Extras
Real Python: uv vs pip: Python Packaging and Dependency Management

Link: https://realpython.com/courses/uv-vs-pip-packaging-dependency-management/

When it comes to Python package managers, the choice often comes down to uv vs pip. You may choose pip for out-of-the-box availability, broad compatibility, and reliable ecosystem support. In contrast
Seth Michael Larson: “urllib3 in 2025” available on Illia Volochii’s new blog

Link: https://sethmlarson.dev/urllib3-in-2025-available-on-illia-volochiis-blog?utm_campaign=rss

2025 was a big year for urllib3 and I want you to read about it!
In case you missed it, this year I passed the baton of
“lead maintainer” to Illia Volochii who has a new website and blog.
Quentin Prad
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #718: pandas 3.0, deque, tprof, and More (Jan. 20, 2026)

Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/718

#718 – JANUARY 20, 2026 View in Browser » What’s New in pandas 3.0 Learn what’s new in pandas 3.0: pd.col expressions for cleaner code, Copy-on-Write for predictable behavior, and PyArrow-backed
Python Software Foundation: Announcing Python Software Foundation Fellow Members for Q4 2025! 🎉

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/01/announcing-python-software-foundation.html

 The PSF is pleased to announce its fourth batch of PSF Fellows for 2025! Let us welcome the new PSF Fellows for Q4! The following people continue to do amazing things for the Python community:Chris B
Reuven Lerner: Build YOUR data dashboard — join my next 8-week HOPPy studio cohort

Link: https://lerner.co.il/2026/01/21/build-your-data-dashboard-join-my-next-8-week-hoppy-studio-cohort/



Want to analyze data? Good news: Python is the leading language in the data world. Libraries like NumPy and Pandas make it easy to load, clean, analyze, and visualize your data.
But wait: If your co
Real Python: Quiz: How to Integrate Local LLMs With Ollama and Python

Link: https://realpython.com/quizzes/ollama-python/

In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of How to Integrate Local LLMs With Ollama and Python.
By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit how to set up Ollama, pull models, and use chat, text g