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Adrarsh Divakaran: Building AI Agents in Python

Link: https://blog.adarshd.dev/ai/posts/building-ai-agents-in-python/

2026 is shaping up to be a big year for AI agents. We are seeing more products where the AI not only answers a question but also does some work for the user.
You have probably used ChatGPT or a simila
Python Software Foundation: PSF Strategic Plan 2026 Draft: Open for Community Feedback

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/06/psf-strategic-plan-2026-draft-open-for.html

In May, we shared the high-level goals of the Python Software Foundation's (PSF) strategic plan and asked for your commentary. Today we are publishing the full draft and opening a three-week community
Real Python: Quiz: How to Read User Input From the Keyboard in Python

Link: https://realpython.com/quizzes/python-keyboard-input/

In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of How to Read User Input From the Keyboard in Python.
By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit the input() function, type conversion, error handling w
The Python Coding Stack: Down The Iterator Rabbit Hole

Link: https://www.thepythoncodingstack.com/p/down-the-iterator-rabbit-hole-python

You know that street game where the performer (con artist?) has three opaque cups and a small ball. He places the cups upside down on the table, with the ball under one of the cups. He quickly shuffle
PyCon Ireland: CFP Deadline Moved to 31 July 2026

Link: https://2026.pycon.ie/blog/cfp-deadline-moved-to-31-july/

We’ve moved the deadline for the PyCon Ireland 2026 Call for Proposals forward to 31 July 2026. It was previously set to 30 August. The submission page on Sessionize already reflects the new date.
If
Core Dispatch: Core Dispatch #5

Link: https://coredispatch.xyz/editions/5

Welcome back to Core Dispatch! This edition covers May 18 through June 4, 2026.
As promised, Python 3.15.0 beta 2 landed on June 2. Two more
milestones are close behind: 3.13.14 and 3.14.6 on June 9,
Real Python: The Real Python Podcast – Episode #298: Reducing the Size of Python Docker Containers

Link: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/298/

How can you easily reduce the size of a Python Docker container? What are the exceptions you should catch in your code? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week with another batch of PyCoder'
Bob Belderbos: How to Update Multiple Page Elements from One htmx Request

Link: https://belderbos.dev/blog/htmx-hx-swap-oob-django/

A button submits code, tests run, feedback appears. Standard htmx. But the submissions dropdown stays stale; the new submission is in the database, just not in the dropdown. One request, two elements
Will Kahn-Greene: Bleach 6.4.0 releases -- final release

Link: https://bluesock.org/~willkg/blog/dev/bleach_6_4_0_final_release.html

What is it?
Bleach is a Python library for sanitizing
and linkifying text from untrusted sources for safe usage in HTML.
Bleach v6.4.0 released!
Bleach 6.4.0 includes two security fixes, a fix to tiny
Seth Michael Larson: Is the Super Smash Bros. Brawl donut from Mister Donut?

Link: https://sethmlarson.dev/is-the-donut-from-super-smash-bros-brawl-a-mister-donut?utm_campaign=rss

Happy Donut Day (and #FediDonutFriday) to those who celebrate! 🍩
Present and Correct shared a link to the Mister Donut
museum on Bluesky and upon clicking through
I was greeted with a familiar face:
Armin Ronacher: Communities of Not

Link: https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/6/6/communities-of-not/

There is a strange thing that happens in communities that gather around
abstinence from something: identity from opposition. At their best these
communities are not just negative: childfree spaces ca
Eli Bendersky: Plugins case study: mdBook preprocessors

Link: https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2025/plugins-case-study-mdbook-preprocessors/

mdBook is a tool for easily
creating books out of Markdown files. It's very popular in the Rust ecosystem,
where it's used (among other things) to publish the official Rust book.
mdBook has a simple y
death and gravity: Ordered key sharding in DynamoDB

Link: https://death.andgravity.com/albumtitle

So, you want to keep a sorted index in DynamoDB,
but for whatever reason
– usually throughput-related –
it won't fit on a single partition. What do you do?
Today, we look at the available solutions,
d
Wingware: Wing Python IDE 12 Early Access - June 8, 2026

Link: https://wingware.com/news/2026-06-08

Wing 12 is now available as an early access release that focuses on AI agent
driven development. Wing 12 introduces deep integration with Claude Code,
including a dedicated Claude Code tool, a new Tas
Real Python: Python 3.15 Hits Feature Freeze and Other News for June 2026

Link: https://realpython.com/python-news-june-2026/

While the Northern Hemisphere warms up for summer, Python 3.15 went the other way with its beta 1 feature freeze 🥶. Since May 7, the list of what will be included in the next release is final. That li
Hynek Schlawack: How to Ditch Codecov for Python Projects

Link: https://hynek.me/articles/ditch-codecov-python/

Codecov’s unreliability breaking CI on my open source projects has been a constant source of frustration for me for years. I have found a way to enforce coverage over a whole GitHub Actions build matr
Real Python: Quiz: Accessing Multiple AI Models With the OpenRouter API

Link: https://realpython.com/quizzes/multiple-ai-models-openrouter-api/

In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of
Accessing Multiple AI Models With the OpenRouter API.
By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit how OpenRouter provides a unified routing layer, how
Real Python: Quiz: Embeddings and Vector Databases With ChromaDB

Link: https://realpython.com/quizzes/chromadb-vector-database/

In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of Embeddings and Vector Databases With ChromaDB.
By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit key concepts like vectors, cosine similarity, word and text
Real Python: Accessing Multiple AI Models With the OpenRouter API

Link: https://realpython.com/courses/multiple-ai-models-openrouter-api/

One of the quickest ways to call multiple AI models from a single Python script is to use OpenRouter’s API, which acts as a unified routing layer between your code and multiple AI providers. By the en