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· Oct 13
I set my phone to DnD.
You have to roll an 18 or better for me to answer
You have to roll an 18 or better for me to answer
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🎙️ Python Bytes 459: Inverted Dependency Trees
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Inverted dependency trees
News and announcements from the Python community for the week of Nov 24th, 2025
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November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
🎙️ Python Bytes 459: Inverted Dependency Trees
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LeanTDD: Just pushed the TDD chapter last night.
Here’s the TOC for that chapter
Here’s the TOC for that chapter
November 20, 2025 at 1:26 AM
LeanTDD: Just pushed the TDD chapter last night.
Here’s the TOC for that chapter
Here’s the TOC for that chapter
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How much is your company spending to support the Python Software Foundation?
For comparison, how much do they spend for tips on expensed meals?
The PSF runs PyPI, where pip installs from. You depend on PyPI.
Fund the PSF. Tip your server!
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For comparison, how much do they spend for tips on expensed meals?
The PSF runs PyPI, where pip installs from. You depend on PyPI.
Fund the PSF. Tip your server!
www.python.org/psf/sponsors...
Sponsor the PSF
The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
How much is your company spending to support the Python Software Foundation?
For comparison, how much do they spend for tips on expensed meals?
The PSF runs PyPI, where pip installs from. You depend on PyPI.
Fund the PSF. Tip your server!
www.python.org/psf/sponsors...
For comparison, how much do they spend for tips on expensed meals?
The PSF runs PyPI, where pip installs from. You depend on PyPI.
Fund the PSF. Tip your server!
www.python.org/psf/sponsors...
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Just made my #Django homepage redesign repo public in case it's useful inspiration.
🏠 django-homepage.adamghill.com
🛠️ github.com/adamghill/dj...
📖 docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Also posted on the Django forum: forum.djangoproject.com/t/want-to-wo...
🏠 django-homepage.adamghill.com
🛠️ github.com/adamghill/dj...
📖 docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Also posted on the Django forum: forum.djangoproject.com/t/want-to-wo...
Django - The Web Framework for Perfectionists with Deadlines
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November 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Just made my #Django homepage redesign repo public in case it's useful inspiration.
🏠 django-homepage.adamghill.com
🛠️ github.com/adamghill/dj...
📖 docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Also posted on the Django forum: forum.djangoproject.com/t/want-to-wo...
🏠 django-homepage.adamghill.com
🛠️ github.com/adamghill/dj...
📖 docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Also posted on the Django forum: forum.djangoproject.com/t/want-to-wo...
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The Steering Council has accepted PEP 810 (explicit lazy imports) for Python 3.15!
discuss.python.org/t/pep-810-ex...
#Python #PEP810 #LazyImports #lazy #Python315
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#Python #PEP810 #LazyImports #lazy #Python315
PEP 810: Explicit lazy imports
Dear PEP 810 authors. The Steering Council is happy to unanimously[1] accept “PEP 810, Explicit lazy imports”. Congratulations! We appreciate the way you were able to build on and improve the previ...
discuss.python.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The Steering Council has accepted PEP 810 (explicit lazy imports) for Python 3.15!
discuss.python.org/t/pep-810-ex...
#Python #PEP810 #LazyImports #lazy #Python315
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#Python #PEP810 #LazyImports #lazy #Python315
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🎙️ Python Bytes 455: Gilded Python and Beyond
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#Python #CLIs #web-services #GC #Pets #TDD
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Gilded Python and Beyond
News and announcements from the Python community for the week of Oct 27th, 2025
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October 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
🎙️ Python Bytes 455: Gilded Python and Beyond
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#Python #CLIs #web-services #GC #Pets #TDD
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#Python #CLIs #web-services #GC #Pets #TDD
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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🎙️ Python Bytes 454: It's some form of Elvish
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It's some form of Elvish
News and announcements from the Python community for the week of Oct 20th, 2025
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October 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
🎙️ Python Bytes 454: It's some form of Elvish
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#Python #Django #REST #git #github
My daughter is working on an English assignment for high school where she is analyzing a short story and needs to write a pastiche based on it.
I learned about pastiche yesterday! When talking with my kid about this assignment! 😳
I’m trying to help support her but also 😳!
I learned about pastiche yesterday! When talking with my kid about this assignment! 😳
I’m trying to help support her but also 😳!
October 21, 2025 at 2:25 AM
My daughter is working on an English assignment for high school where she is analyzing a short story and needs to write a pastiche based on it.
I learned about pastiche yesterday! When talking with my kid about this assignment! 😳
I’m trying to help support her but also 😳!
I learned about pastiche yesterday! When talking with my kid about this assignment! 😳
I’m trying to help support her but also 😳!
Reposted by 🚀 Brian Okken
🎙️ Python Bytes 453: Python++
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#Python #pypi #uv
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#Python #pypi #uv
Python++
News and announcements from the Python community for the week of Oct 16th, 2025
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October 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
🎙️ Python Bytes 453: Python++
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#Python #pypi #uv
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#Python #pypi #uv
And Astral understood the assignment. I installed 3.15 with:
uv self update
uv python install 3.15
uv self update
uv python install 3.15
Forget* about Python 3.14, the cool kids are on 3.15.0a1! 🚀
🔬 Dedicated profiling package for Python profiling tools
💬 UTF-8 as default encoding
🌊 New C API to create bytes object
⚠️ Better error messages
discuss.python.org/t/python-3-1...
* Don't forget about 3.14
#Python #Python315 #release
🔬 Dedicated profiling package for Python profiling tools
💬 UTF-8 as default encoding
🌊 New C API to create bytes object
⚠️ Better error messages
discuss.python.org/t/python-3-1...
* Don't forget about 3.14
#Python #Python315 #release
Python 3.15 alpha 1
This is an early developer preview of Python 3.15 Major new features of the 3.15 series, compared to 3.14 Python 3.15 is still in development. This release, 3.15.0a1, is the first of seven planned ...
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October 16, 2025 at 4:41 AM
And Astral understood the assignment. I installed 3.15 with:
uv self update
uv python install 3.15
uv self update
uv python install 3.15
BTW, I’m still not ok with how Chuck ended. Just saying.
October 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
BTW, I’m still not ok with how Chuck ended. Just saying.
Ack! I just rubbed my eye with hands that chopped hot peppers during dinner prep.
Wow. It’s been like 2 hours and several hand washes and still. It burns! 🥵
Wow. It’s been like 2 hours and several hand washes and still. It burns! 🥵
October 14, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Ack! I just rubbed my eye with hands that chopped hot peppers during dinner prep.
Wow. It’s been like 2 hours and several hand washes and still. It burns! 🥵
Wow. It’s been like 2 hours and several hand washes and still. It burns! 🥵
Making up names and words that are not easily pronounceable isn’t clever, it’s annoying. Please stop. Even in fantasy and sci-fi. And keep the new word count low.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Making up names and words that are not easily pronounceable isn’t clever, it’s annoying. Please stop. Even in fantasy and sci-fi. And keep the new word count low.
I set my phone to DnD.
You have to roll an 18 or better for me to answer
You have to roll an 18 or better for me to answer
October 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I set my phone to DnD.
You have to roll an 18 or better for me to answer
You have to roll an 18 or better for me to answer
🚀 Python 3.14 is here 🚀
Just released! 🚀
Please install and enjoy Python 3.14! 🥧
discuss.python.org/t/python-3-1...
#Python #Python314 #release
Please install and enjoy Python 3.14! 🥧
discuss.python.org/t/python-3-1...
#Python #Python314 #release
October 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🚀 Python 3.14 is here 🚀
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Let me post a *non*-subskeet for once... We made a thing!
discuss.python.org/t/pep-810-ex...
#Python #PEP
discuss.python.org/t/pep-810-ex...
#Python #PEP
PEP 810: Explicit lazy imports
👋 Hi everyone, We are very exited to share with you PEP 810: Explicit lazy imports: We’re proposing an opt-in lazy import syntax that defers module loading until first use, aiming for faster startup,...
discuss.python.org
October 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Let me post a *non*-subskeet for once... We made a thing!
discuss.python.org/t/pep-810-ex...
#Python #PEP
discuss.python.org/t/pep-810-ex...
#Python #PEP
Trying to decide if this would make a better t-shirt or big sticker for my laptop
doing my best to make a conscious choice to do something useful that I care about today instead of wallowing in misery about fascism or AI but that is an increasingly strenuous psychological lift
October 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Trying to decide if this would make a better t-shirt or big sticker for my laptop
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🎙️ Python Bytes 451: Databases are a Fad
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#Python #pytest #testing #postgresql #pyrefly
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Databases are a Fad
News and announcements from the Python community for the week of Sep 29th, 2025
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October 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
🎙️ Python Bytes 451: Databases are a Fad
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#Python #pytest #testing #postgresql #pyrefly
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Only one week left until the release of Python 3.14.0 final!
docs.python.org/3.14/whatsne...
peps.python.org/pep-0745/
What are you looking forward to?
#Python #Python314
docs.python.org/3.14/whatsne...
peps.python.org/pep-0745/
What are you looking forward to?
#Python #Python314
What’s new in Python 3.14 — Python 3.14.0rc3 documentation
Editor, Hugo van Kemenade,. This article explains the new features in Python 3.14, compared to 3.13. For full details, see the changelog. Summary – release highlights: Python 3.14 will be the lates...
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September 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Only one week left until the release of Python 3.14.0 final!
docs.python.org/3.14/whatsne...
peps.python.org/pep-0745/
What are you looking forward to?
#Python #Python314
docs.python.org/3.14/whatsne...
peps.python.org/pep-0745/
What are you looking forward to?
#Python #Python314
Portland Oregon is NOT “war ravaged”. That’s ridiculous.
September 28, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Portland Oregon is NOT “war ravaged”. That’s ridiculous.