PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #747: Modern OOP, bisect, Django Async, and More (2026-08-11)
Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/747
#747 – AUGUST 11, 2026 View in Browser » New Book: Modern Object-Oriented Python Real Python’s new book on classes, Python’s data model, and object-oriented design is out in Early Access. Nine c
Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/747
#747 – AUGUST 11, 2026 View in Browser » New Book: Modern Object-Oriented Python Real Python’s new book on classes, Python’s data model, and object-oriented design is out in Early Access. Nine c
Pycoders
PyCoder’s Weekly | Issue #747
Modern OOP, bisect, Django Async, and More
TestDriven.io: Storing Django Static and Media Files on Cloudflare R2
Link: https://testdriven.io/blog/django-cloudflare-r2/
This tutorial shows how to configure Django to load and serve up static and media files, public and private, via Cloudflare R2.
Link: https://testdriven.io/blog/django-cloudflare-r2/
This tutorial shows how to configure Django to load and serve up static and media files, public and private, via Cloudflare R2.
testdriven.io
Storing Django Static and Media Files on Cloudflare R2
This tutorial shows how to configure Django to load and serve up static and media files, public and private, via Cloudflare R2.
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Python Bytes: #491 Feeling Judged
Link: https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/491/feeling-judged
Topics covered in this episode:
Claude Code /insights
Post-quantum crypto lands in Python
MCP goes stateless — and FastMCP gets renamed
inshellisense - IDE style command line auto complete
Extras
Jok
Link: https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/491/feeling-judged
Topics covered in this episode:
Claude Code /insights
Post-quantum crypto lands in Python
MCP goes stateless — and FastMCP gets renamed
inshellisense - IDE style command line auto complete
Extras
Jok
pythonbytes.fm
Feeling Judged
News and announcements from the Python community for the week of Aug 11th, 2026
Python GUIs: Adding QTabWidget to a Layout Alongside Other Widgets in PyQt6 — How to combine QTabWidget with other layouts without it taking over your entire window
Link: https://www.pythonguis.com/faq/cant-integrate-qtabwidget-into-a-layout/
I'm trying to create a layout in PyQt and implement different layouts into one QHBoxLayout. Everything works fine, but when I add a QTabWidget alongside other layouts, it becomes the only visible wid
Link: https://www.pythonguis.com/faq/cant-integrate-qtabwidget-into-a-layout/
I'm trying to create a layout in PyQt and implement different layouts into one QHBoxLayout. Everything works fine, but when I add a QTabWidget alongside other layouts, it becomes the only visible wid
Python GUIs
How to Add QTabWidget to a Layout with Other Widgets in PyQt6
Learn how to add a QTabWidget into a QHBoxLayout alongside other widgets and layouts in PyQt6 without the tab widget dominating the entire window.
PyCharm: Unbundling and Deprecating Low-Usage Plugins in PyCharm
Link: https://blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/2026/08/unbundling-and-deprecating-low-usage-plugins-in-pycharm/
As part of ongoing maintenance, we are unbundling and deprecating low-usage plugins starting with PyCharm 2026.2. This includes support for Data Wrangler, Hugging Face, and Google Colab, among others.
Link: https://blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/2026/08/unbundling-and-deprecating-low-usage-plugins-in-pycharm/
As part of ongoing maintenance, we are unbundling and deprecating low-usage plugins starting with PyCharm 2026.2. This includes support for Data Wrangler, Hugging Face, and Google Colab, among others.
The JetBrains Blog
Unbundling and Deprecating Low-Usage Plugins in PyCharm - The JetBrains Blog
We're unbundling and deprecating several low-usage plugins in PyCharm 2026.2. Here's what's changing, why, and what it means for you.
PyCharm: We Gave AI Agents a Live Jupyter Kernel in PyCharm
Link: https://blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/2026/08/we-gave-ai-agents-a-live-jupyter-kernel-in-pycharm/
If you’ve handed notebook work to an AI agent, you know how it tends to go: More often than not, it corrupts your .ipynb, loses your trained model the moment the run finishes, or burns budget sitting
Link: https://blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/2026/08/we-gave-ai-agents-a-live-jupyter-kernel-in-pycharm/
If you’ve handed notebook work to an AI agent, you know how it tends to go: More often than not, it corrupts your .ipynb, loses your trained model the moment the run finishes, or burns budget sitting
The JetBrains Blog
We Gave AI Agents a Live Jupyter Kernel in PyCharm - The JetBrains Blog
PyCharm's new Jupyter skill lets AI agents work in a live kernel, so notebooks don't corrupt, state persists, and long jobs wait until execution is completed instead of constantly checking and wasting precious tokens.
PyCharm: We Stopped AI Agents From Installing Into the Wrong Python: Task Success Rates Jumped to 95%+
Link: https://blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/2026/08/we-stopped-ai-agents-from-installing-into-the-wrong-python-task-success-rates-jumped-to-95/
AI agents are supposed to save you time. Ask one to install a dependency or run your project, though, and it often does the opposite: It installs into the wrong Python, ignores the uv or virtual envir
Link: https://blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/2026/08/we-stopped-ai-agents-from-installing-into-the-wrong-python-task-success-rates-jumped-to-95/
AI agents are supposed to save you time. Ask one to install a dependency or run your project, though, and it often does the opposite: It installs into the wrong Python, ignores the uv or virtual envir
The JetBrains Blog
We Stopped AI Agents From Installing Into the Wrong Python: Task Success Rates Jumped to 95%+ - The JetBrains Blog
PyCharm's new Agent Environment Coordinator gives AI agents your project's real Python interpreter – lifting task success from 68% to 98% on average.
PyCharm: What’s New in PyCharm 2026.2.1
Link: https://blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/2026/08/what-s-new-in-pycharm-2026-2-1/
This PyCharm release is a big one for anyone building with AI. Your agents can now roll up their sleeves inside your Jupyter notebooks – working against a live kernel instead of firing off disconnecte
Link: https://blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/2026/08/what-s-new-in-pycharm-2026-2-1/
This PyCharm release is a big one for anyone building with AI. Your agents can now roll up their sleeves inside your Jupyter notebooks – working against a live kernel instead of firing off disconnecte
The JetBrains Blog
What's New in PyCharm 2026.2.1 - The JetBrains Blog
PyCharm 2026.2.1: AI agents now work in your Jupyter notebooks and target the right Python environment, marimo notebooks arrive, plus changes to bundled plugins.
Django Weblog: DSF Office Hours
Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/aug/12/dsf-office-hours/
The DSF Board hosts open office hours every Wednesday at 6:00 PM UTC (check your local time). Anyone in the Django community is welcome to drop in. You do not need an agenda or an invitation. Video ca
Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/aug/12/dsf-office-hours/
The DSF Board hosts open office hours every Wednesday at 6:00 PM UTC (check your local time). Anyone in the Django community is welcome to drop in. You do not need an agenda or an invitation. Video ca
Django Project
DSF Office Hours
Posted by Jeff Triplett on Aug. 12, 2026
Python Insider: Python 3.12.14, 3.11.16 and 3.10.21 are now available!
Link: https://blog.python.org/2026/08/python-31214-31116-31021/
[Python Releases Eclipse Your Security!](https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-12-14-3-11-16-and-3-10-21-are-now-available/108537) New security releases for 3.10, 3.11 and 3.12 are now available.
Link: https://blog.python.org/2026/08/python-31214-31116-31021/
[Python Releases Eclipse Your Security!](https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-12-14-3-11-16-and-3-10-21-are-now-available/108537) New security releases for 3.10, 3.11 and 3.12 are now available.
Python Insider
Python 3.12.14, 3.11.16 and 3.10.21 are now available! | Python Insider
Python Releases Eclipse Your Security! New security releases for 3.10, 3.11 and 3.12 are now available.
Trey Hunner: Reorganizing Python's sys module
Link: https://treyhunner.com/2026/08/reorganizing-pythons-sys-module/
The sys module is the primary junk drawer of the Python standard library.
A good junk drawer holds miscellaneous items that don’t have another sensible home.
I often think of utils modules as “junk dr
Link: https://treyhunner.com/2026/08/reorganizing-pythons-sys-module/
The sys module is the primary junk drawer of the Python standard library.
A good junk drawer holds miscellaneous items that don’t have another sensible home.
I often think of utils modules as “junk dr
Trey Hunner
Reorganizing Python's sys module
The sys module is the primary junk drawer of the Python standard library. A good junk drawer holds miscellaneous items that don’t have another...
Wingware: Wing Python IDE Version 12.0.2 - August 13, 2026
Link: https://wingware.com/news/2026-08-13
Wing Python IDE version 12.0.2 has been released. This release adds a native
ARM64 Windows version of Wing, improves remote development on Windows,
streamlines Claude Code setup, and improves performa
Link: https://wingware.com/news/2026-08-13
Wing Python IDE version 12.0.2 has been released. This release adds a native
ARM64 Windows version of Wing, improves remote development on Windows,
streamlines Claude Code setup, and improves performa
Wingware
Wing Python IDE Version 12.0.2 - August 13, 2026 - Wing Python IDE
Wing 12.0.2 adds a native ARM64 Windows version of the IDE, improves
remote development on Windows, streamlines Claude Code setup,
and improves performance and responsiveness. This release
also reduces the size of the analysis cache database by about 20%…
remote development on Windows, streamlines Claude Code setup,
and improves performance and responsiveness. This release
also reduces the size of the analysis cache database by about 20%…
PyCharm: Hybrid and Local AI course at DeepLearning.AI
Link: https://blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/2026/08/hybrid-and-local-ai-course-at-deeplearning-ai/
Link: https://blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/2026/08/hybrid-and-local-ai-course-at-deeplearning-ai/
The JetBrains Blog
Hybrid and Local AI course at DeepLearning.AI - The JetBrains Blog
Build a faster, cheaper, local-first agentic dev setup. A new Andrew Ng & Paul Everitt DeepLearning.AI course covers PyCharm and open-weight models.
PyCharm
Link:
Open weight models are having a moment, driven by control, choice, and cost. Hybrid and local AI are now getting serious looks, so JetBrains teamed up with DeepLearning.AI on a free AI Coding Workflow
Link:
Open weight models are having a moment, driven by control, choice, and cost. Hybrid and local AI are now getting serious looks, so JetBrains teamed up with DeepLearning.AI on a free AI Coding Workflow
Python Insider: Announcing the Packaging Council Election Candidates for 2026!
Link: https://blog.python.org/2026/08/2026-packaging-council-nominees/
Announcing the 17 nominees for the inaugural Python Packaging Council election, and how to vote in the election.
Link: https://blog.python.org/2026/08/2026-packaging-council-nominees/
Announcing the 17 nominees for the inaugural Python Packaging Council election, and how to vote in the election.
Python Insider
Announcing the Packaging Council Election Candidates for 2026! | Python Insider
Announcing the 17 nominees for the inaugural Python Packaging Council election, and how to vote in the election.
Python Software Foundation: Announcing the PSF Board Candidates for 2026!
Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/08/announcing-psf-board-candidates-for-2026.html
What an exciting list! Please take a look at the 18 candidates running for the PSF Board this year on the Nominees page. This year there are 4 seats open on the PSF Board. You can see who is currently
Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/08/announcing-psf-board-candidates-for-2026.html
What an exciting list! Please take a look at the 18 candidates running for the PSF Board this year on the Nominees page. This year there are 4 seats open on the PSF Board. You can see who is currently
Python Software Foundation Blog
Announcing the PSF Board Candidates for 2026!
What an exciting list! Please take a look at the 17 candidates running for the PSF Board this year on the Nominees page . This year there ar...
Python Software Foundation: Announcing the Packaging Council Election Candidates for 2026!
Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/08/announcing-packaging-council-election.html
What an exciting list! Please take a look at who is running for the inaugural Python Packaging Council (PPC) on the Nominees page. This election has 17 nominees for 5 open seats on the council.
Electi
Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/08/announcing-packaging-council-election.html
What an exciting list! Please take a look at who is running for the inaugural Python Packaging Council (PPC) on the Nominees page. This election has 17 nominees for 5 open seats on the council.
Electi
Python Software Foundation Blog
Announcing the Packaging Council Election Candidates for 2026!
What an exciting list! Please take a look at who is running for the inaugural Python Packaging Council (PPC) on the Nominees page . This ele...
Juri Pakaste: TIL: Typed do in Swift
Link: https://juripakaste.fi/swift-do-typed/
TL;DR: Swift has do throws(MyError). It's helpful.
This is one of those "I can't believe I had missed that" things.
I've been pretty enthusiastic about adopting typed throws in Swift. If you
need to p
Link: https://juripakaste.fi/swift-do-typed/
TL;DR: Swift has do throws(MyError). It's helpful.
This is one of those "I can't believe I had missed that" things.
I've been pretty enthusiastic about adopting typed throws in Swift. If you
need to p
juripakaste.fi
TIL: Typed do in Swift
Personal blog of Juri Pakaste
Brett Cannon: What's missing to have reproducible builds on PyPI
Link: https://snarky.ca/whats-missing-to-have-reproducible-builds-on-pypi/
While writing the section of my 2026 Python Packaging Council (PPC) nomination on secure supply chain, I realized that one thing related to having a secure supply chain that we lack is a defined way t
Link: https://snarky.ca/whats-missing-to-have-reproducible-builds-on-pypi/
While writing the section of my 2026 Python Packaging Council (PPC) nomination on secure supply chain, I realized that one thing related to having a secure supply chain that we lack is a defined way t
Tall, Snarky Canadian
What's missing to have reproducible builds on PyPI
While writing the section of my 2026 Python Packaging Council (PPC) nomination on secure supply chain, I realized that one thing related to having a secure supply chain that we lack is a defined way to perform reproducible builds. The reason I like the idea…
Brian Okken: Lean TDD Book Launch
Link: https://pythontest.com/lean-tdd-launch/
Hey all. I’m super excited to announce the launch of my new book.
It’s Lean TDD: TDD Without the Waste.
That link in the last sentence is a link to leantdd.com.
There you’ll find links to all the plac
Link: https://pythontest.com/lean-tdd-launch/
Hey all. I’m super excited to announce the launch of my new book.
It’s Lean TDD: TDD Without the Waste.
That link in the last sentence is a link to leantdd.com.
There you’ll find links to all the plac
Pythontest
Lean TDD Book Launch | PythonTest
TDD - Test Driven Development without the Waste