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Brett Cannon @snarky.ca · 3d

In case you prefer text over video, the blog post version of my #EuroPython keynote about why it took 4 years to get a lock files specification for #Python is now up at snarky.ca/why-it-took-... .

Why it took 4 years to get a lock files specification

(This is the blog post version of my keynote from EuroPython 2025 in Prague, Czechia.) We now have a lock file format specification. That might not sound like a big deal, but for me it took 4 years o...

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 3d

Printing presses kept their letters in cases.

Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.

This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’

Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?

MAJUSCULE and minuscule.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 4d

Here’s a primer on ‘primer.’

It’s pronounced ‘PRIMM-er’ if you mean “a small book” or “a short informative piece of writing.”

It’s pronounced ‘PRY-mer’ if you mean “an initial coat of paint.”

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Tiago Montes @setnomt.bsky.social · 3d

Printed exercise guides. Check. Colour printed, laminated, Python cheat sheets. Check. Printed colour badges for 29 participants. Check. Laptop, USB pen drives, and online materials. Check. I’m ready to fly to Cape Verde to deliver an intensive two week Python training course. ✈️🇨🇻🐍

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Tiago Montes @setnomt.bsky.social · 3d

Printed exercise guides. Check. Colour printed, laminated, Python cheat sheets. Check. Printed colour badges for 29 participants. Check. Laptop, USB pen drives, and online materials. Check. I’m ready to fly to Cape Verde to deliver an intensive two week Python training course. ✈️🇨🇻🐍

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 5d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Tiago Montes @setnomt.bsky.social · 4d

import truststore
truststore.inject_into_ssl()

…to have Python use the native Windows/macOS certificate stores when doing TLS HTTP requests.

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nixCraft @cyberciti.biz · 4d

Today's popular browser engines have deep roots in KHTML, which was originally built for the open-source software KDE. I guess we all own a big thank you to the KDE project.

More @ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KHTML#D...

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 5d

grawlix | noun | a series of typographical symbols (such as $#!) used in text as a replacement for profanity

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Anže @anze3db.pecar.me · 5d

Yesterday, Python 3.14 was released, and today all of my Django side projects are running on 3.14. 🎉

The upgrade didn't require any code changes on my part, but I did see a few return statements in the finally block SyntaxWarnings in a few dependencies.

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Mia Bajić @clytaemnestra.bsky.social · 5d

Python 3.14 is out! 🎉 What goes on behind the scenes before a new Python version reaches us? I had the chance to chat with @hugovk.dev, @lukasz.langa.pl, and @pablogsal.com about their experiences as release managers.

Sneak peek: youtu.be/yc9lpM_zpes, full episode coming next week!

Trailer – Behind the Python Release: Motivation, Fails & Rituals with Łukasz, Pablo & Hugo

YouTube video by Behind the Commit

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Thomas Wouters @yhg1s.bsky.social · 6d

Obviously @hugovk.dev did a lot of work on 3.14, so I also pressed a few buttons and released 3.13.8 😅

discuss.python.org/t/3-13-8-has...

#Python #Python313 #release

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Hugo van Kemenade @hugovk.dev · 6d

Just released! 🚀

Please install and enjoy Python 3.14! 🥧

discuss.python.org/t/python-3-1...

#Python #Python314 #release

Two snakes enjoying a pie with 3.14 on the top and π crimping.

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Pablo Galindo Salgado @pablogsal.com · 6d

🐍 Python 3.14 is here! 🎉

✨ Template strings (t-strings) for safer string interpolation
🚀 Free-threaded Python officially supported (bye GIL!)
🎨 Syntax highlighting in the REPL
📦 Zstandard compression in stdlib
🔍 Remote PDB debugging

Full release notes: docs.python.org/3.14/whatsne...

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DuckDB @duckdb.org · 6d

🚀 We released DuckDB v1.4.1, the first bugfix release of our LTS edition.

🔎 We expect LTS users to be particularly curious about changes in the system, so we wrote up a short blog post highlighting the most important fixes and improvements.

duckdb.org/2025/10/07/a...

Announcing DuckDB 1.4.1 LTS

Today we are releasing DuckDB 1.4.1, the first bugfix release of our LTS edition.

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Signal @signal.org · 10d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

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Jeremy Carbaugh @jcarbaugh.com · 13d

I believe it’s a fairly new part of the spec so it is likely to be spotty across platforms for some time, but support for import/export is coming to Apple platforms later this year 9to5mac.com/2025/06/13/i...

iOS 26: Apple solved one of the biggest passkey headaches - 9to5Mac

Apple’s next round of OS updates will introduce a seamless, secure way to export and import passkeys across platforms and apps.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · Oct 18

If you still need to share a link to a tweet, but don't want to send people to Musk's cesspool - replace "x" with "xcancel" in the tweet link.

For example x.com/dril/status/...

becomes xcancel.com/dril/status/...

People will still see the tweet, but without going to Twitter.

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Seth Michael Larson @sethmlarson.dev · 17d

Did you know that #gzip streams may contain filenames?

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GZipped files and streams may contain names

It's just another day, you're sending a bunch of files to a friend. For no particular reason you decide to name the archive with your controversial movie opinions: $ tar -cf i-did-not-care-for-th...

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Ned Batchelder @nedbat.com · 17d

I learned a few algorithms for generative art, you can too:
nedbatchelder.com/blog/202509/...

Hobby Hilbert Simplex

An exploration and explanation of how to generate interesting swoopy art

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Anže @anze3db.pecar.me · 19d

The plan with this meetup group is to meet on every first Thursday of the month. To get up to date info join us on Discord

discord.gg/23emSpY7

Join the Python 🐍 Lisbon Meetup Discord Server!

Discord server for the Python Lisbon Meetup community. | 51 members

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Anže @anze3db.pecar.me · 19d

I'll be giving a talk about Free-threaded Python at the #01 - Python Lisbon Meetup next week (Oct 2)! 🎉

Hope to see you there!

www.meetup.com/python-lisb...

#01 - PyLM Meetup at Técnico 🎓🐍, Thu, Oct 2, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup

🇵🇹 Vamos encontrar-nos no dia **2 de outubro às 19:00 no IST, Pavilhão de Matemática, sala 3.10**! Desta vez teremos uma sala com projetor, por isso preparem-se para uma

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nixCraft @cyberciti.biz · 20d

Yay, more free stuff to learn about compsci. A collection of (mostly) technical things every software developer should know about github.com/mtdvio/every...

GitHub - mtdvio/every-programmer-should-know: A collection of (mostly) technical things every software developer should know about

A collection of (mostly) technical things every software developer should know about - mtdvio/every-programmer-should-know

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Hugo van Kemenade @hugovk.dev · 23d

🐍🏃‍➡️🏃‍➡️🏃‍➡️🏃‍➡️ #Python #CoreSprint day 4!

Finally, 3.14.0rc3: next RM @savannah.dev joined in to watch the process and ask questions 🥧

Then a quick core․py recording with @pablogsal.com and @lukasz.langa.pl before heading up to Manchester for #PyConUK! 🐝

Thanks again to @diegor.it and Arm for hosting! 🦾

Group photo of 50 core team members, triagers, special guests, and Arm hosts.

The 3.14 release room, two laptops on a table and the release CI build shown on a screen. The laptop with the "365 PARTYGIRL" sticker isn't mine.

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Ned Batchelder @nedbat.com · 21d

People should spend less time learning DSA, more time learning testing.

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Testing is better than DSA

People should spend less time learning DSA, more time learning testing.

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