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Jaime Buelta: Python Automation Cookbook 3rd edition: now with AI recipes.

Link: https://wrongsideofmemphis.com/2026/07/31/python-automation-cookbook-3rd-edition-now-with-ai-recipes/

Exciting news! The third edition of the Python Automation Cookbook is out, featuring a vibrant new cover and over 100 pages of fresh AI content. Aimed at Python enthusiasts of all levels, it retains c
Caktus Consulting Group: Chicago Like a Local: Things to Do During DjangoCon US 2026 (Part 1)

Link: https://www.caktusgroup.com/blog/2026/07/31/chicago-like-a-local-2026/

DjangoCon US 2026 is coming back to Chicago from August 23–28, and we at Caktus couldn’t be more thrilled, not only to be returning as a Silver Sponsor, but also because I (Keanya) have the privilege
Seth Michael Larson: Extracting “Ocarina of Time: Master Quest” ROM from the Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker bonus disc

Link: https://sethmlarson.dev/extracting-n64-roms-from-wind-waker-bonus-disk?utm_campaign=rss

Another day, another extracting ROMs from GameCube
titles mini-tutorial. This time it’s the PAL
Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker Bonus Disc that I
recently purchased from Kraków, Poland. This
disc contains
Seth Michael Larson: Let’s Play “htmx 4: the game”

Link: https://sethmlarson.dev/htmx-4-the-game?utm_campaign=rss

Moments ago I just finished playing “htmx 4: the game”, the first
JavaScript library published exclusively for Game Boy and Game Boy Color.
I've recorded my play session and published the video to You
Talk Python to Me: #557: Security of everything at PyCon 2026

Link: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/557/security-of-everything-at-pycon-2026

Security has always been the vegetables of software. Everyone agrees it matters, and somehow it never quite makes it onto the plate. At PyCon US this year, that changed. For the first time ever, secur
Python⇒Speed: Faster floating point math with Rust’s new API

Link: https://pythonspeed.com/articles/faster-float-math-rust/

Floating point math is often slower than integer math because the
compiler is being conservative about how it optimizes your code. While
some programming languages already had solutions of a sort, unt
Django Weblog: Django security releases issued: 6.0.8 and 5.2.17

Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/aug/04/security-releases/

In accordance with our security release policy,
the Django team is issuing releases for
Django 6.0.8 and
Django 5.2.17.
These releases address the security issues detailed below. We encourage all
user
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #746: Free-Threaded NumPy, __all__, PyTorch, and More (2026-08-04)

Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/746

#746 – AUGUST 4, 2026 View in Browser » Scaling NumPy on Free-Threaded Python A recap on the work done in NumPy and CPython to make multi-threaded NumPy workloads scale on the free-threaded buil
Marc-André Lemburg: Pymmich – an AI-first OSS project 🐍✨

Link: https://malemburg.com/pymmich-an-ai-first-oss-project/

A couple of months ago, I decided to switch to Immich, the photo management software, for storing and managing photos.I had used Nextcloud Memories before that, but found the Immich app more intuitive
Python GUIs: Handling Image Drag and Drop from Web Browsers in PyQt6 — Why toLocalFile() returns an empty string and how to handle remote image drops correctly

Link: https://www.pythonguis.com/faq/dragging-and-dropping-in-rich-text-example-app/


When dragging and dropping images from a web browser into a PyQt6 rich text editor, toLocalFile() sometimes returns a blank string. It works for some images (like Google image search results) but fai
Core Dispatch: Core Dispatch #9

Link: https://coredispatch.xyz/editions/9

Welcome back to Core Dispatch! This edition covers July 18 through August 5, 2026.
Python 3.15.0 release candidate 1 landed on August 4, followed by Python 3.14.7
and 3.13.15 on August 5. With the fir
Django Weblog: Django 6.1 released

Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/aug/05/django-61-released/

The Django team is happy to announce the release of Django 6.1.
The release notes
offer a harmonious mélange of new features and usability improvements. A few highlights are:


Model field fetch modes